Chapter 604 [Second Update]
Liu Tan stood there and thought for a while before ordering someone to bring the cub out, preparing to take the cub to find Gun Gun.
But this time he didn't hold the cub himself. He suspected that the reason why Gungun reacted so strongly last time was probably because Liu Tan held the cub himself, which made Gungun feel very insecure.
However, Liu Tan never expected that Gun Gun could hide so well. He disappeared in just a short while, and he couldn't even find where he was.
For a moment, Liu Tan felt a little melancholy. He had worked so hard to build this bamboo forest, and it cost a lot of money every day to maintain the growth of these bamboos. But now this bamboo forest has become an obstacle for him!
He stood in the middle of the bamboo forest and simply shouted, "Get out! If you don't come out now, there will be no more Qiuli to eat."
Liu Tan thought for a moment and added, "There won't be any in the future!"
After he shouted, he waited for a while. At first, the bamboo forest was silent. After a while, Liu Tan heard a rustling sound.
In the mottled sunlight of the bamboo forest, Gungun walked over very steadily, step by step.
Obviously, for a foodie, losing face is not as important as withholding food.
After Gungun came over, he looked at Liu Tan cautiously. Seeing that his owner was smiling, he immediately felt relieved, sat on the ground and stretched out his front paws to hold Liu Tan's legs.
Liu Tan rubbed its big head and said, "You want to play with the cub? Why don't you just say it? If you had said it, I wouldn't have isolated the cub."
Lu Xuan, standing by, was at a loss for words: "Even if you ask it to, it can't say anything."
Liu Tan patted him and said, "Stop talking nonsense and bring the cub over here."
Lu Xuan had no choice but to take the cub from the others, then squatted down and placed the cub next to Gungun little by little.
The reason why he did it and not someone else was mainly because he was worried that Gun Gun would suddenly attack and hurt the cub. If it were someone else, they would probably have to die here with the cub. But Lu Xuan was different. He could suppress Gun Gun a little bit, and at least he had a chance to escape with the cub.
However, Lu Xuan obviously understood animals very well. Even though his heart was already tense, he did not show any distrust, and even his movements were just right.
After the cub was placed next to GunGun, it somersaulted directly onto GunGun's body and barked twice.
Gungun looked at Liu Tan and Lu Xuan, then at the cub leaning on him. He lowered his head and seemed to be in deep thought for a while. Then he slowly let go of Liu Tan, stretched out his claws and touched the cub very slowly, then looked up at Liu Tan.
After finding that Liu Tan had no reaction, it held the cub in its arms.
It was just the way he held her...that looked very familiar to Liu Tan.
He thought about it seriously, and then it dawned on him - isn't this almost exactly the same posture as when he held the cub?
Liu Tan was in a state of confusion, rubbing the big, plump head and saying, "From now on, just have fun with it... and Yuanyuan."
Lu Xuan turned his head and looked at him: "Yuanyuan?"
Liu Tan said calmly, "Well, the cub's name, 'Yuanyuan', is quite harmonious, isn't it?"
Lu Xuan was silent for a while, then said, "Yes... she's quite cute."
Liu Tan turned his head, looked at him, snorted, and said, "If you think my name is not nice, just say it directly."
Lu Xuan was desperate to survive. "No, I don't. This name is great. The cub is indeed round. This name is particularly vivid and descriptive. I can imagine its appearance as soon as I hear it. There's no better name for a cub."
After hearing this, the people behind them lowered their heads silently, fearing that the two people in front would see them trying to hold back their laughter.
Liu Tan turned his head, glanced at Lu Xuan, and said, "I can hear a perfunctory tone in your voice."
Lu Xuan grabbed his hand and clasped it tightly, saying seriously, "I wouldn't be perfunctory with anyone else, but I will be perfunctory with you."
Liu Tan tried hard to suppress the upward curl of his lips: "Sweet talk."
Lu Xuan leaned close to his ear and said, "I'm also very smooth-talking. Do you want to try it?"
Liu Tan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense in front of children."
Lu Xuan was stunned for a moment, then followed Liu Tan's gaze and saw the two "little children" - Gun Gun was holding Yuan Yuan and looking up at them.
Even Lu Xuan couldn't stand the stare attack from the two black and white balls, one big and one small.
He coughed lightly and was about to say something when he heard Miao Rui whisper behind him, "Your Highness, Prime Minister Huo is here."
Liu Tan petted the giant panda and its cub for a final moment, then turned and said, "Let's go and take care of business."
Huo Guang was called by Liu Tan. To be honest, he was a little surprised. Recently, their prince seemed to be not doing his job properly and had not paid attention to state affairs for a long time.
Huo Guang didn't care. After all, Liu Tan had just dealt with some things and was now preparing to go to Yan State. He didn't want to disturb Liu Tan with anything other than important matters.
So he was a little surprised when Liu Tan took the initiative to call him over today.
After arriving at the study, he didn't have to wait long before he heard the sound of their prince flirting with the King of Wusun. For a moment, Huo Guang didn't know what expression to make.
After these two came in, he looked at the obvious bear paw prints on each other's bodies and knew what they had just done.
Originally, Huo Guang didn't want to pay attention to the bear paw print, but he was born with a bit of mysophobia, and the more he didn't want to pay attention, the more he couldn't help but take a look.
In other places, he might have kept silent, but now... he finally said, "Your Highnesses, why don't you go change your clothes first? I will wait here for a while."
When Liu Tan heard him say that, he subconsciously looked at himself. Well, every time he played with Gun Gun, Huo Guang would rush him to change his clothes.
Helplessly, he had to change into another set of clothes with Lu Xuan, so that the prime minister would no longer pay attention to them.
After sitting down, Liu Tan said, "It's getting late, and the weather has been getting noticeably drier recently. Go pick a place. I want to build a workshop."
Even Huo Guang, who was very smart, was a little confused. He couldn't understand what "it's getting late" had to do with "the weather has been dry recently", and what did these two have to do with building a workshop?
Lu Xuan poured Liu Tan a cup of warm honey water and asked, "What workshop? The weather is dry... Are you afraid of water?"
Liu Tan took a sip of water and said, "I'm not afraid of water, but if the waterproofing is not done well, then no matter how much we make, it will be wasted."
Huo Guang finally reacted at this time and asked, "What does Your Highness want to do?"
Liu Tan held the cup in his hand and looked at it carefully while saying, "You should all have heard about this, right? When I went to pick up my father, I encountered obstruction from the Baiyue people on the way, and then I blew them up."
Huo Guang's eyes lit up after hearing this: "What did your Highness use?"
Liu Tan glanced at Lu Xuan and Huo Guang, both of whom looked curious, and whispered, "Black powder."
Lu Xuan was not surprised to hear this name. He had seen this name before in the letter Liu Tan wrote to him, but it was the first time Huo Guang heard of it.
Regarding the matter of black gunpowder, neither Liu Che nor Liu Tan mentioned it again after they came back, and even the ministers who went with them were silenced.
Liu Ju also kept silent, so there were only rumors in the world that the King of the Northern Territory had used a magical object to blow up several ports in the Qilan Kingdom and Jiaozhi Kingdom, but no one knew whether it was true or not.
Now Huo Guang finally knew that it was all true.
Huo Guang asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, are you going to start making preparations now?"
Liu Tan responded, "I didn't want to use this thing originally. After all, it's too unstable. I had no choice but to go south. The terrain there isn't very friendly to cavalry. But then I thought, it's not a good idea to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Since it's unstable, I might as well study it now and make it more stable."
Huo Guang felt relieved after hearing this. He was really worried that Liu Tan would not dare to use him because of his concerns.
Since they can bomb the Qie Lan Kingdom, they can definitely bomb the Xiongnu, so their chances of success will be greater.
Huo Guang said, "Your Highness is looking for me for more than just this matter, right?"
Liu Tan nodded, his face somewhat solemn. "That's right. This thing is too dangerous. I will select a group of death row prisoners to do the work. When the time comes, you and Jiang Chong will keep a close watch on them. Except for those with special identities, no one else is allowed to enter but not leave."
Huo Guang was unusually surprised after hearing this: "Using death row prisoners? Is that so dangerous?"
Liu Tan nodded: "Yes, either nothing happens, or if something happens, I'm afraid no one inside will be able to escape."
Huo Guang couldn't help but gasp. Not only him, but even Lu Xuan didn't expect this thing to be so powerful.
Liu Tan added: "The workshop should be located in the Maowusu Desert."
After knowing the dangers of black powder, Huo Guang understood exactly why he did this.
Huo Guang took the order and left, while Liu Tan called Gongshu Can over and handed over the development of black gunpowder to him. Anyway, there was no need to improve the power of this thing for the time being. The most important thing was to make it more stable.
After arranging everything, we were ready to set off.
On the day he set out, Lu Xuan sent him to Xi'an Yang County and then turned around and led his men back to the Wusun Kingdom.
Liu Tan leaned out of the car window and looked at his back, and suddenly thought of a word: going against the trend.
It seemed like he and Lu Xuan had always been like this since they met; after just a few days together, one of them would always leave first.
However, his emotion did not last long. After passing Yanmen County, they entered the territory of Yan State, Zhuo County. At this time, Dou Sibo had been waiting here for a long time with the Yan State officials.
After Liu Tan got off the carriage, he took a quick glance and saw that each of these people looked very unsure. After exempting them from formalities, he said, "I am not taking the King of Yan with me on this trip eastward because he is still young. Once everything in Yan State is stable, you can go and pay your respects to the King of Yan."
Before, Liu Tan was also struggling with whether to take Liu Ku with him, but Liu Ku was too young. He had already shown signs of acclimatization when he traveled from Chang'an to the Northern Border Kingdom. It was thanks to Fu Yu and Cen You who took good care of him, otherwise it would have been a bit dangerous for such a young child to travel such a long distance.
Under such circumstances, Liu Tan didn't dare to let him take risks again.
Dou Sibo and the others bowed in response, but except for Dou Sibo, the others were more flexible-minded and did not care much about the young King of Yan.
Who with a brain couldn't see that naming the Seventh Prince the King of Yan was merely a temporary solution? His Majesty's true choice for the King of Yan was this Northern King before him.
Liu Tan followed the group into Zhuo County. The people of Zhuo County all closed their doors and windows, which was completely different from the customs in the Northern Border Country.
He felt slightly relieved. He had been worried that the people here also liked to throw things away. He still remembered that when he first arrived in the Northern Border Kingdom, he was covered with pickled meat and dried vegetables.
As for the fact that this city was very dilapidated and not as good as the small villages and towns around Shuofang City, Liu Tan was also very calm. He had already known about the State of Yan before and knew that the King of Yan had no other ability except to plunder the people's wealth, so he was mentally prepared.
After entering the city, he naturally had to get familiar with the officials of Yan State first. This time, all the officials of Yan State came out in full force to welcome him.
Liu Tan took a seat and listened to everyone coming forward to introduce themselves. As he listened, he compared their resumes with the names of the people in his mind.
However, after everyone had finished reporting, Liu Tan frowned slightly and asked, "Where is the Liaodong County Magistrate? Why didn't he come?"
Everyone looked at each other, and before they could react, Dou Sibo stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the governor of Liaodong County was killed by the Wuhuan three months ago. Now Liaodong County has fallen into the hands of the Wuhuan Bo Xi clan."
Liu Tan: Are you kidding me?
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