Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 124 A Spring Festival Alone

Longwei Mansion, Taipei, Yizhou.

Chen Wentian was still checking various information bamboo slips in the house.

Although the starting location has been roughly determined, he still wants to know more information, after all, any detail may have a huge effect in the future.

This information is not just a matter of looking at it, but often requires one's own reasoning and judgment to reach a conclusion.

After all, the people at the bottom often only reported the superficial information collected, and the extended meaning behind it can only be obtained by guessing, and it may even be combined with many pieces of information to draw a conclusion.

This would take a lot of time.

For example, he combined the several pieces of information he saw yesterday and came to a shocking conclusion after deduction.

Someone from Longwei Mansion may have gone to the American continent!

The leader is Ouyang Long's fifth younger brother Ji Zhen. They headed northeast all the way from the Liaodong base, passed through the Far East of later Russia and entered near the Arctic Circle, waited for the Bering Strait to freeze, and then passed through the ice in one fell swoop to reach America...

This... Chen Wentian also thought it was unbelievable when he first saw the news, this senior Ouyang must have too much brain power!

With the conditions of the Han Dynasty, how could it be possible to walk in such an extremely cold environment, how to keep warm, how to eat...

It seems that no one in later generations did this. It is only inferred that the Indians arrived in the American continent from the Asian continent through the Bering Strait.

But the environment at that time should be quite different from that of the Han Dynasty. Chen Wentian actually didn't know if it could be done, but he just felt that this plan was too shocking, and someone actually carried it out!

But when he saw another piece of news, he realized that this plan might be successful, that is, Ouyang Long had obtained cotton seeds during his expedition to the Western Regions, and successfully planted them in the Liaodong base.

In this way, if the ability of cotton clothes to keep out the cold is greatly improved, it will become possible to cross the Bering Strait?

Chen Wentian didn't know the answer. He only knew that Ji Zhen set off after several years of preparation, but he still didn't reply. Even the Far East base closest to the Bering Strait was destroyed...

This is just one of the problems, and Chen Wentian encountered many similar problems.

However, he didn't bother with the answers to these questions, he just made a rough inference. What really made him feel more important was that when he met Ouyang Qi again, he must find a reason to ask him for cotton and pepper seeds to take back...

These things are very important to his future development in the North.

Of course, Chen Wentian also wanted seeds of chili, rubber, corn, potatoes, etc., but these were all in America, and Longwei Mansion didn't have any...

Chen Wentian shook his head, cut off some wandering thoughts, and continued to check the information.

But at this moment, Ouyang Jun pushed the door open and entered, seeing that Chen Wentian was here, he eagerly came to pull him out:

"Brother Wentian, why are you still here? Today is New Year's Eve, hurry up and go to the banquet with me!"

"Ah? New Year's Eve? What kind of banquet are you going to..."

"That's right, New Year's Eve, it's New Year's Eve! Father arranged a grand banquet for important officials from various places in the mansion. You should go with me. I heard that you are highly appreciated by father. This time, you can take advantage of the banquet to show your face."

Mentioning Ouyang Qi made Chen Wentian a little annoyed.

Why did this old fellow avoid him again? Recently, he sent messages to the servants of the mansion several times, asking to meet Ouyang Qi again, but when the servants came back, they all said that Ouyang Qi was too busy. I really don't understand this is another trouble Where is it.

Seeing that Ouyang Qi's main purpose was naturally to return to Donglai Juxian Village, the more Chen Wentian thought about it, the more worried Lin Lin would suffer when she met the new traveler.

Besides, it's natural to see if I can get some more benefits before I leave...

But now that Lao Tzu is gone, his son Ouyang Jun is here. Seeing that Ouyang Jun is still graciously pulling him to the banquet, Chen Wentian knows that he was not appointed by Ouyang Qi.

"I don't know, brother, I have been assigned a secret mission by the lord, and now I am not allowed to consult anyone."

Chen Wentian made up a reason and began to shirk, he didn't want to have too much involvement with the people of Longwei Mansion, he just wanted to go home.

In addition, he felt that Ouyang Qi probably wouldn't want him to appear at today's banquet, and if he went by himself, he might be misunderstood...

"Ah!? What mission? Why don't I know?"

Ouyang Jun was still asking cute questions.

"This... If brother doesn't know, then go ask the lord, Wentian really can't tell, please forgive me..."

Seeing Ouyang Jun leave in a bit of depression, Chen Wentian called his servants who usually served him and said:

"Let's go and tell Marquis Long Wei, if you have any ideas, you can communicate in person. If the Marquis avoids seeing him again, Wentian will leave on his own."

Chen Wentian changed his usual tone, and said seriously and even threateningly:

"Also, I'm going back to the post house, so you can help me prepare the car."

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Not long after, Chen Wentian returned to the post house. At this time, all the talented people who came on the same boat were gone, and only Tian Kui was left waiting for him.

Seeing Chen Wentian enter, Tian Kui immediately stood up and asked:

"Are you okay? Why have you been here for so long?"

It has been seven or eight days since Chen Wentian went to meet Ouyang Qi. Although someone came to inform him of the situation, Tian Kui did not believe it and was very worried.

"It's nothing, just to gain the trust of the old thief Ouyang, it took a lot of twists and turns. Fortunately, it's done now, and the two of us will be able to go home soon."

"You're done? Go home? What do you mean..."

"It means that I have obtained a lot of information, and now I have a legitimate reason to return to Qingzhou..."

Chen Wentian went to the door to make sure that no one was eavesdropping, then came back and lowered his voice, and selectively told Tian Kui the information on the various bases in Longwei Mansion that he had obtained from the information.

Anyway, Longwei Mansion is so strong, leaking their plans to Wang Yue and others in advance, is equivalent to weakening them...

Tian Kui, who is usually very stable, was stunned at this moment. He neither expected that Chen Wentian could obtain so much important information, nor did he expect that Longwei Mansion would have such a large foundation dormant in various places in Dahan.

These situations really need to be reported as soon as possible...

Seeing that Tian Kui understood his plan, Chen Wentian reasoned that he was going to the market to do business, and refused to follow Tian Kui out of the posthouse alone.

Walking on the road, seeing strangers going out for the New Year together, Chen Wentian's nerves that had been tense for many days finally relaxed a little.

After explaining to Tian Kui for a long time just now, Chen Wencai felt the gap between them. After all, he is Wang Yue's subordinate, and he is not a fellow traveler.

Since today is the Spring Festival, Chen Wentian thought it would be simpler and give himself a vacation.

Going to the market alone, guessing lantern riddles, watching performances, thinking about the people I miss, thinking about the future life in the Han Dynasty...

(End of this chapter)