The big man has a living father

Chapter 2 All Roads Lead to Chang'an

Chang'an, the most prosperous city in the world.

After coming here, Huo Hai finally felt relieved. If he didn't go to Chang'an for a day, he couldn't tell when he would die outside.

The carriage passed the outer palace gate. Huo Guang looked at the huge urn city from the window. He felt a little uneasy and pulled Huo Hai's sleeve. "Are we...really going to the palace for the banquet?"

Before being taken away by Huo Qubing, Huo Hai and Huo Guang had lived in the same house for three months and were familiar with each other. Huo Hai took Huo Guang, who was meticulous in his work, without any hesitation and had seen him drinking and having sex, even though he did nothing.

Now they are heading north together for another three months to fight the Huns.

That's what it means to carry a gun together.

At that time, Huo Qubing asked his two younger brothers to stab ten Huns who pretended to surrender.

Huo Qubing's personal soldiers were promoted quickly. In three years, they were promoted from a soldier to a lieutenant, a higher position than Li Guang's son. The leader of the personal soldiers led people to hold down a group of rebellious Xiongnu people and called Huo Hai and Huo Guang to collect their heads.

So the two of them really carried guns together.

Even apart from the blood relationship between brothers, Huo Hai is the person Huo Guang is most familiar with right now.

Huo Hai said nonchalantly: "What are you afraid of? You have learned everything you need to learn. If you do it in a while, I guarantee you will be able to become an official tonight."

Before we set off, my eldest brother told me not to be afraid of anything and that being steady is the most important thing.

Now my second brother says he is not afraid of anything.

There's really nothing to be afraid of.

When they arrived at the carriage park, Huo Hai got off and saw the Han Palace for the first time.

This palace, which is even larger than the Forbidden City two thousand years later, is right before our eyes.

The towering pavilions, the special Hanque and Han steles, the pavilions, and the tougher, more angular and more majestic palace complex made Huo Hai feel a little suffocated.

Is this the backing that will allow me to be so domineering in Chang'an in the future?
So hard!
While Huo Guang was still muttering in a low voice how far he should go in one step, Huo Hai had already walked forward with a step that showed no regard for his relatives.

The eunuchs in the palace, Huo Qubing's lieutenant general, Gao Bushi, the former Xiongnu king and now the light chariot captain, all stepped forward and said, "Second Master, Second Master! Slow down!"

How could Huo Hai be slower? He would only be faster! He was so full of passion at this moment!
As long as my eldest brother Huo Qubing doesn't die suddenly and my third brother Huo Guang's fate doesn't change, I, the second oldest of the Huo family, can do whatever I want under this sky!
This time I went to the north for three months. Although I still had no idea about penicillin, I had already developed highly distilled liquor. I should have another four years to develop penicillin.

As long as penicillin comes out, we will be completely defeated, and we will be defeated on a mountain of gold!

If I can save my elder brother from getting infected and dying, I can rest in peace forever. How wonderful!

Huo Hai was led to the side hall by the eunuch in a swagger.

Now Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, had to first receive his beloved general who had returned victoriously from the battle of Thirty-Six Kingdoms, and secondly, he had to receive the surrendered minister, King Hunxie. Of course, a banquet had to be held in the main hall. Even though Huo Hai and Huo Guang were Huo Qubing's younger brothers, they had to wait until after the serious business was over before they could be received.

Huo Hai was very curious about the world-famous Emperor Wu of Han. He wondered whether Emperor Wu of Han looked like Chen Baoguo or Huang Xiaoming.

The meal was served quickly.

Both beef and mutton were actually sent to Chang'an after the great victory. However, the food cooked by the chefs in Chang'an is better than that cooked in the military camp.

In addition to beef and mutton, there is also chicken soup.

In the past few months, Huo Hai had eaten enough beef and mutton, but he hadn't eaten chicken for a long time. His appetite was excited: "Chicken! It's a pity that it's not roasted chicken. If it was roasted chicken, it would be perfect!"

There weren't many people in the side hall, just non-official accompanying personnel, including the two brothers of the Huo family and the family members and children of the surrendered Hun kings.

Several of them had come all the way to Chang'an with Huo Hai and his gang, and they were already familiar with each other.

When Jin Midi heard Huo Hai say that he liked to eat chicken, he immediately stood up and walked towards Huo Hai with chicken soup.

Outside the window, a group of people were standing there. Huo Qubing's face turned green and he wanted to speak.

Liu Che raised his hand, signaling Huo Qubing not to speak. Huo Hai smiled and accepted the earthenware jar of chicken soup brought by Jin Midi, and then said: "I accept your gift of chicken soup, but with the chicken soup, I can't finish the beef, what should I do?"

Who is Jin Midi? Later, he became one of the four great ministers and a great official of the Han Dynasty. How could he not understand? He immediately said, "Second Master, I like to eat beef. I will buy this beef."

Huo Hai accepted the three-zhu coins, which was three times the market price of the beef, with satisfaction, and then handed the beef to Jin Midi.

"Although I charged you three times the market price, you didn't lose out. After all, this is beef given by the great emperor. It's a great gift from heaven. It should be a hundred times more expensive than beef sold outside. We are good friends, so I sold it to you at three times the price."

Jin Midi nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes!"

At this time, outside the window, some ministers were already amused.

My goodness, the younger brother of Guanjun Hou is a bandit and a profiteer!
However, Liu Che raised his eyebrows: When I was this young, I might not be as good at exploiting... and collecting taxes as this guy.

Jin Midi got the beef, but did not return to his seat. Instead, he knelt down in front of Huo Hai's desk and said, "Second Master, I always heard you say you were going to Chang'an. Now that you are in Chang'an, can you tell us why you want to come to Chang'an so much?"

Huo Hai drank a mouthful of soup and felt very happy. He was in a good mood, so he began to teach: "Chang'an is of course good. Chang'an is the center of the world. You should know that you are a Xiongnu noble and the prince of the Xiongnu king. Your father galloped across the grasslands, but he died just like that."

"In Chang'an, no city gate official or civilian would die for no reason."

"That's one of them."

"Secondly, the millet you can't eat on the grassland, the selected millet and gray flour that not many people in other counties can afford, is just ordinary food here. The fine wine you can't drink, the fine wine that people in other counties can't afford, is just the lowest quality wine here."

"You were born on the grassland. No matter how rich you are, your son may be just a soldier who is always worried about his future. He may even become a slave."

"You were born in Chang'an. Even if you are the descendant of a slave, you are inherently safer than the nobles on the grassland. Look, the most ordinary eunuchs in Chang'an are all delicate and tender. Look at yourself."

After hearing this, Jin Midi thought that this was indeed the case. It was a pity that Huo Qubing was born late. If Huo Qubing had been born twenty years earlier, his father would not have died on the grassland. Perhaps his father would have already come to Chang'an, and he would have been born in Chang'an.

Jin Midi sighed: "Chang'an is so nice, we are finally here, but everyone should want to come to Chang'an, right?"

Huo Hai picked up a large chicken drumstick, sat directly on the ground, propped up his left leg, and leaned his right elbow on the table: "All roads lead to Chang'an."

"If you are a soldier, you can be promoted to Chang'an. If you are an official, you can be promoted to Chang'an. If you are a filial son, you can be selected as a filial and honest official to Chang'an. If you are a student, you can be a doctoral student to Chang'an. You see, if you are a Hun, you can also be a surrendered minister to Chang'an."

"Our method of entering Chang'an is the most reliable. You are really unlucky to enter Chang'an by relying on connections. If it was your father, King Xiutu, who finally arrived in Chang'an instead of King Hunxie, you would at least be the son of a marquis. Now you can only be a horse breeder at best."

Many ministers seemed to be thinking about something. Things like selecting filial and honest students as disciples of the Imperial Academy have been policies for the past two years. How could this kid from the Huo family know so much about this?
On the side, King Hunxie narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

However, as soon as he made this move, Huo Qubing immediately turned his head and looked at him. King Hunxie's entire soul ascended to heaven. He shivered and hurriedly lowered his head, looking at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose.

At this time, a child of the prime minister of the Xiongnu State drank a few glasses of fine wine and began to feel dizzy. He asked: "Second Master, you said there are so many ways to come to Chang'an, but although Chang'an is huge, it is also a fixed size. It can't accommodate all the people who want to come, right? What if they can't squeeze in?"

Huo Hai recalled the story of later generations and laughed: "It is much easier to get into Chang'an than to pass the entrance exam to Chang'an."

"Our Imperial College of the Han Dynasty should only accept 50 doctoral students, right? Sima Xiangru, who was extremely good at writing fu, had to pay to get an official position in Chang'an. He would save a lot today."

"But there are only fifty students in the Imperial College, and only a few of them can become officials."

"Our great ancestor was really amazing. He led 100,000 men to attack Xianyang and built a city called Chang'an. 100,000 men, wow, every one of them was an official."

If you treat this talk as a joke, it's just a joke. But if you listen carefully, you'll see that the essence of the world is being dissected.

What is the difference between this and "that can be replaced"? Chunchun provided a theoretical basis for that, but did not call for it to be replaced.

Outside the window, a group of people who could understand what was said were silent.

Only Huo Qubing took a look at Liu Che's thoughtful expression and shouted, "How dare you! Someone, bring Huo Hai out to me!"

He can't say anything anymore. Why would this usually smart little bastard choose to say something like this on an occasion like today?

In the room, Huo Hai smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, you won't give an official position to someone like me who said such things, will you? This idle dandy, I will definitely be the master."

(End of this chapter)