Chen Lin was preparing to write an article advocating the benefits of the cross-bow bed with Lu Bu's pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Lu Bu personally polished ink for him, and Chen Lin became more moved when he saw this.

Chen Lin stood in front of Lu Bu's desk and was about to write an article when she suddenly saw Lu Bu's white paper full of names.

Chen Lin saw that her name was ranked first among the scholars, and the following were: Kong Rong, Wang Can, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Ying Yan, Liu Zhen, Ni Heng. At this time, Wang Can, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Ying Yan, Liu Zhen, and Ni Heng were unknown, but Kong Rong had already spread all over the world. I am afraid that no one in the world would think that Chen Lin's literary talent was higher than Kong Rong, but in Lu Bu's ranking, Chen Lin was above Kong Rong. Chen Lin couldn't help but feel sorry for Lu Bu's keen eyes.

Chen Lin continued to watch, and the more he looked, the more shocked he became. None of the talents on Lu Bu’s list knew were mediocre talents, but most of them were amazing talents who were not known to the world. As for those who were only famous in the vain restaurant, none of them could be included in this list.

Chen Lin first looked at the talents in Jizhou. Wen had Tian Feng, Ju Su, Shen Pei, Wu had Zhang He, Gao Lan, Ju Yi, Chen Lin moved from Guangling, Xuzhou to Yecheng, Jizhou for many years. He had heard of the above people a little, and knew that although they were not famous, Wen had plans to maintain peace and martial arts, and Wu had the courage to stabilize the country. If these people were helped, the lord's great cause would be like a tiger.

Chen Lin remembered her original plan and said unconsciously: "Chen Lin originally planned to recommend these Jizhou heroes to the lord, but she didn't expect that the lord had discovered them long ago."

Chen Lin glanced at the talents from other prefectures and counties again, but felt a little suspicious: "I don't know where the lord knows so many heroes from all over the world? I remember that the general has never had such a complete list, not even 20% of them."

Seeing Chen Lin's suspicious appearance, Lu Bu decided to tell a huge lie. Although he had to tell lies countless times in his life, this time the lie was the lie closest to the truth.

Lu Bu asked with a smile: "Kong Zhang, have you ever heard that I was struck by lightning several days ago and fell into a coma for three days?"

Chen Lin was the chief clerk of the General's Mansion at that time and was in the central position. Because Chen Lin had a strong knowledge of the situation of all forces in the world, she was well aware of the situation of various forces in the world.

Chen Lin nodded: "That day, Governor Ding was ordered by the General to send you to burn Mengjin Ferry, and the fire shone on Luoyang City. Later, heavy rain poured down, and lightning was mixed, and the fire was extinguished in an instant. The soldiers under your command saw a lightning flash through the sky and hit you. The war horse you rode was dead at the moment, but you were just unconscious and there was no scar on your body. Although Governor Ding ordered the Bingzhou Army not to spread the word, there were secret spies in the Bingzhou Army, and they had long passed your news to the General's Mansion. The General regarded it as a strange story and told us. I was full of doubts at the time. If it weren't for the punishment of heaven, I wouldn't be struck by lightning and was safe and sound. Then is the protection of God, is it a punishment of heaven or a protection of heaven?"

Chen Lin immediately regretted it as soon as she said such words. How could she ask such an rude question to her lord?

Lu Bu just smiled slightly: "It's not a punishment from God, but a blessing from God! The book of wise and talented talents in Han in front of you is a clear proof. I, Lu Bu, mostly moved in Bingzhou before I was twenty-seven years old. In addition, I followed Governor Ding to Jizhou to fight against the Yellow Turbans and Liangzhou to fight against the Qiang thieves. As for Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou and other places, I have never been there, so how could I know what talented people there?"

Speaking of this, Lu Bu pointed to the sky, looking mysterious and mysterious: "This is given to the Emperor of Heaven! The Emperor of Heaven gave not only this, but also passed more mysterious things to me through the lightning."

Since the Shang Dynasty, people have called the Supreme God the Emperor of Heaven. In mythology and legend, the Emperor of Heaven was an omnipotent god who dominated the heaven, the earth and the underworld. Emperors of the Zhou Dynasty and later generations used the worship of the Emperor of Heaven among the people to advocate "the power of the king" and said that he was the son of the Emperor of Heaven and was decreed by heaven, so he was called the Emperor (Note 1). Therefore, even though Chen Lin always adhered to the Confucian "Son of the Son of God does not speak of ghosts and monsters", he sneered at the saying of gods and immortals, and did not dare to deny the existence of the Emperor of Heaven.

Chen Lin was surprised that Lu Bu claimed to be given by the Emperor of Heaven, but in this way, where did the Emperor Liu Han, who had always claimed to be the son of the Emperor of Heaven (Note 2)?

As the emperor, Emperor Liu Han, only Liu Bang, was founded. Liu Xiu seemed to be a little protected by the Emperor of Heaven to turn bad luck into good fortune and bring good fortune. Several other emperors died young, and those who survived were unable to escape the shadow of eunuchs and relatives. To be honest, their words and deeds were not as majestic as the emperor.

Chen Lin was stunned and didn't dare to think about it anymore. After a while, Chen Lin stammered and asked, "Lord, what else do you have to do to be a supporting certificate? Lin can't believe it?"

Lu Bu took out a piece of white paper on the table and splashed ink on it. After a while, a rough map of the world appeared in front of Chen Lin.

Lu Bu pointed to the map: "I believe that you, me, and other great men, have never known how big the world we live in before. The Emperor of Heaven told me that our great Han territory is only a little big. To the east is the vast sea, and a group of savages live on a group of islands in the sea, forming a loose country called the Japanese; there is a large desert in the Western Regions, and after passing through the desert, there is a large plain, no smaller than the territory of our great Han, and it is called Europa State. There is a huge empire on it, known as the Roman Empire, and we call it the Great Qin (Note 1). Its national strength may be above our great Han; to the south is the southeast peninsula, and there are also a group of barbarians who do not accept education. To the south is a vast ocean, with a small island above the ocean, and on it is some savages live; to the north is the vast grassland occupied by the Xianbei, and to the north is the endless snowy plateau."

Chen Lin was dumbfounded and just stared at the map in a daze. He knew about Daqin. When the Western Regions guardian Chao sent his subordinate Gan Ying to Daqin to do business. If there were no Anxi people interfering, perhaps Dahan and Daqin had reached a trade contract. However, most other places were rarely visited by Han people. If Emperor Tian had not told him, how could Lu Bu know?

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Note 1: The emperor was called "Son of Heaven" in the Zhou Dynasty. The Book of History says that the Emperor of Heaven changed his appointment to his eldest son, the monarch of the great country and the Shang Kingdom. Therefore, the meaning of the Emperor is the eldest son or heir of Heaven.

Note 2: Sima Qian wrote "Records of the Grand Historian" in the Han Dynasty, saying that starting from Yao and Shun, the monarchs of the Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Qin were all descendants of Huangdi. Therefore, these monarchs were all veritable sons of gods in the sense of blood. It was very reasonable for them to become emperors after generations of accumulation of virtue. However, Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, was born into a commoner, and his father had no name, so he could not find his previous lineage. Therefore, Sima Qian was very unaware of his ability to be emperors, and guessed that he was probably a great saint sent by heaven, otherwise he would not have gained power and became emperors within a few years. Liu Bang called himself the son of Emperor Chi from the beginning, and Emperor Chi was Emperor Yan.

Note 3: "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of the Western Regions": "The Great Qin State was a Guanghu, which was located in Haixi, and it also said to the Western State of the Sea. It has thousands of miles of land and more than 400 cities. There are dozens of people in the small country. They use stones as city walls and set up post pavilions, all of which are chalked. There are pine, cypress, trees and hundreds of herbs." "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of the Western Regions" also records the politics, style and specialties of Rome at that time: "The king has no ordinary people, and they are all simple and wise. The country is in trouble and storm from time to time, and they are abandoned and reincarnated. Those who are released are willing to be demoted and not complain. The people are all growing up and upright, similar to China, so they are called the Great Qin..."
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