The dusk was heavy, and the flags fluttered wildly on the city walls.
Heavenly Master Zhang's purple robe hung down as he looked at the row of dark gun barrels on the wall, his expression unchanged, he spoke in a sonorous voice: "Since Mr. Zhao is here, why not show yourself?"
"I have something I'd like to inquire about, is 'Feeding the Lake Pool' better, or is 'Managing the Mountains and Seas' more clever?"
Zhao Wujiong coughed as he emerged from the shadow, squinting to look downward.
"Feeding the Lake Pool, Managing the Mountains and Seas" is a famous debate in the "Salt and Iron Debate."
During the reign of Emperor Zhao of Western Han, at the Salt and Iron Conference, there was a debate between the virtuous literary faction and the Imperial Censor Sang Hongyang on whether to hide wealth among the people or to centralize resources to make the nation wealthy and militarily powerful.
This seems more like a dispute between a local faction and the Sea Opening Sect.
