C248 Dinner

The next morning, Xiao Wen prepared the most beautiful clothes for the students and headed for Zhang Cang's residence.

"Sir, you seem to care a lot about this banquet! Even when you went to Prince Verton's wedding, you were never so grand. This Zhang Cang, is he a big shot? " Zhuge Liang asked curiously.

Although he intended to start with military merits and enter the system of the Han State. But he was a man who had made up his mind to make a comeback.

Thus, he was very curious about the official situation of Han.

However, he was not someone who had been understanding the relationship between aristocrats since he was young, like Sun Shangxiang. Although he had an uncle who was an official, he wasn't from the official family, so there was no way he could be compared to them.

Hearing Zhuge Liang's question, Xiao Wen wanted to explain.

However, before he could open her mouth, Sun Shangxiang said: "This Zhang Cang is just a doctor officer. Not even among the doctors. The doctor that Her Majesty and the empress cared about the most was Shang Shan's Fourth Hao. "

After all, the position of the crown prince, Liu Ying, was decided by the four guilds.

Therefore, Liu Bang and Lu Zhi had great respect for the Four Hao of Shang Shan.

Hearing this, Xiao Wen shook his head in disappointment.

He said to the disciples, "To be honest, I really hate the difference between the attitude of His Majesty and the Empress towards Zhang Cang and the Four Arrows of Shang Shan."

"Oh? "Why is that?" Zhuge Liang didn't understand as he looked at Xiao Wen, revealing a puzzled expression.

Xiao Wen sighed, and said: "If we were to talk about status, reputation, and political value, the Four Heroes of Shang Shan are indeed more important than Zhang Cang. However, in terms of learning, this Four Heroes of Shang Shan had only cured a few theories. Compared to Zhang Cang, their level is like the glow of a rotting grass (firefly), competing for glory with Haoyue. "

Upon hearing these words, many students glanced at one another.

They didn't understand why Xiao Wen was so sure that this Zhang Cang was this skilled.

Looking at Xiao Wen, Sun Shangxiang was the first to ask: "Sir, since the Four Arrows of Shang Shan are not as talented as Zhang Cang, then why didn't His Majesty pay attention to Zhang Cang when he placed the Four Arrows of Shang Shan in high regard?"

Hearing this question, Xiao Wen sighed, feeling a bit helpless.

He said, "It's because of the horse bones of the Golden City. It's because of politics."

Then, he looked at the sky, revealing a very dissatisfied expression, and said: "When His Majesty summoned them to the imperial court, they rejected him. Compared to many people in the imperial court who had been recruited to serve as officials, this was definitely not the type of person who would back down easily. "

"However, after a round of courtesies from Crown Prince Liu Ying, they went to court and became doctoral officers of Liu Bang. Therefore, in the eyes of His Majesty, Crown Prince Liu Ying was someone who could be courteous to a corporal and recruit more talents than him. Therefore, even though the crown prince is weak, His Majesty still allowed the crown prince to act in his presence and did not let that little hoodlum Liu Ruyi take his place. "

"All of this is just a political transaction. The idea of our emperor is to exchange for the future of the Darkhan Kingdom through the Four Heroes of Shang Shan. As for the question of how good the Four Heroes of Shang Mountain are, it's not important at all! "

After all, the Four Heroes of Shang Shan were merely the four doctors specializing in a certain field of study in the history of Qin Shi Huang. Although they were talented, they were still far inferior to Zhang Cang.

Both sides were not on the same level with regards to the amount of knowledge they had.

Furthermore, Zhang Cang was a mathematician who could be considered extremely powerful in the history of the world. He was even comparable to the ancient Greece's Archimedes hundreds of years ago.

If this was in the Spring and Autumn Period, he might have been like the other scholars, creating his own guild.

However, he was born at the wrong time. By the end of the Warring States Era, the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty no longer had the soil where hundreds of new families were born. This was truly a pity.

After this explanation, the disciples finally understood the importance of Zhang Cang.

Thus, everyone followed Xiao Wen and got on a horse carriage, arriving at Zhang Cang's residence.

At this moment, as expected, many aristocrats had appeared in Zhang Cang Manor.

Under the guidance of Sun Shangxiang, Xiao Wen knew that some of these people were representatives sent by the nobles on the eastern expedition. Although these nobles hadn't arrived yet, they, or to be more accurate, their families, had still expressed their goodwill towards Zhang Cang, the neutral faction.

In addition, there were some nobles from the royal family and the western nobles who came to celebrate their birthday.

"Hehe!" Although Zhang Cang's position was a bit worse than Shang Shan's Four Heroes', it was still a bit lacking. But in reality, his influence is still very strong! " Zhuge Liang said.

However, Sun Shangxiang shook her head and said: "If it was the Four Heroes of Shang Shan, perhaps our emperor wouldn't come to offer his birthday congratulations. But at least the crown prince and empress will definitely come. "

Xiao Wen nodded.

After all, without the Four Seasons Garden's help, there was no Liu Ying.

In order to add on the political cooperation of both sides, as long as there was a birthday celebration in Shang Shan, Liu Ying and Lu Zhi would definitely support them.

This was the naked relationship between political interests!

As a burly aristocrat, Zhang Cang's mansion was indeed not small.

Especially in the banquet hall, where guests were invited, the roof was pointed to the corner, and the pillars were round in shape. The hall was enough for over a hundred people to sit down.

Although the sky was not dark, but as if to show off the wealth of their host, the hall was lit up by candles.

Two rows of 3-foot tall bronze lamp holders were placed against the wall. They were beautifully shaped, and even the smallest part of them had been carved in an elegant manner.

However, the appearance was mostly that of a small bronze doll in the shape of a slave. It knelt on the ground with both hands holding onto a lamp.

There was animal paste oil on the plate, and the wick burned quietly, giving off a bright light and a faint fragrance.

"It's whale oil!" Zhang Cang's manor is burning whale oil! " Sun Shangxiang smelled the scent and said.

Xiao Wen nodded his head. He couldn't help but sigh. This Zhang Cang was quite wealthy.

Just from this detail alone, it was not hard to discover that Zhang Cang really did have a lot of wealth.

However, Xiao Wen didn't focus his gaze on the light for too long. He turned his head slightly and saw that the lampstand was in front of a table painted black. Behind each table was a mat made of silk, divided into two rows.

Looking at this scene, it was comparable to when the county governor had entertained his guests at the county governor's banquet!

The fat Zhang Cang sat alone in the center of the main seat. Due to his size, it seemed rather crowded.

By his side, there were two green-robed female servants seated next to him, attending to him.

At this moment, the guests who had already arrived at the banquet hall were sitting on both sides of the table.

On the right was Dong Zhuo and the other western nobles.

They were all wearing different swords at their waists. Even though they were just sitting there, their entire bodies were emitting a murderous aura akin to that of a golden spear or a iron horse.

Sure enough, these people were the military meritorious nobles who had battled with the Qin nation for many years at the western border of the big man's territory.

The left side was led by Princess Lu Yuan. They represented the nobles of the central government, as well as the nobles from the east side who had a good relationship with them.

However, many of the Eastern nobles only sent some of their lower status representatives over, so the Eastern nobles' representatives sat at the back. On the other hand, due to her high status, Lu Yuan didn't have a single guest besides the two palace maids at her side.

Suddenly, Lu Yuan seemed to have noticed something.

She turned her head and her beautiful eyes locked onto Xiao Wen.

"Great Good Fortune, where are you going? Come to this princess' place and talk to me! "