Chapter 264 One hundred thousand people went to Baiyue
Seeing that after three tests, the cement road could be described as unscathed, the officials could not sit still.
People praised the cement roads one after another. They thought that if cement roads were used all over the world, it would be a blessing for the people.
The official panicked when he heard other people praising the cement road.
He impeached Meng Yi, which was tantamount to offending Meng Yi, saying that the cement road was not suitable for employment, and now he was severely slapped in the face.
He was not convinced, so he thought of fire and immediately said: "By the way, use fire. Your Majesty, you can try it with fire. If cement roads are not afraid of fire, I think we can produce cement on a large scale so that the whole world can use cement roads."
Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said: "That's true, Meng Yi, prepare to test it with fire."
"No." Meng Yi responded.
In fact, there is no need to use fire at all. The reason is very simple. Who would use fire on cement roads? But since it is mentioned, everyone can rest assured.
Immediately, Meng Yi asked people to set several fires on the cement road and watched the raging fire. No one left until it was extinguished. They wanted to witness the miraculous moment.
After the fire was extinguished, Meng Yi had people clean up all the residue. Except for the cement road that was dark and burnt, there was no trace of damage. This proved that the cement road was stronger than any other road now.
Of course, except for the stone brick roads in the palace, the stone bricks were specially fired and were exactly the same size and thickness.
Cement roads are incomparable.
"Hahaha..." Ying Zheng laughed excitedly, "This is the road, and I have decided to increase the construction of cement roads.
Cement workshops can be built in various places. Those who do not have the resources do not need to force it. The imperial court and local governments are responsible for the official roads.
Local roads can be built as long as local finances permit, and everything must be based on actual conditions. Labor must not be forced to build roads. "
"Your Majesty is wise." The officials were the first to say.
The people around him came to their senses, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
"Haha..." Ying Zheng laughed, "Go back to the palace."
In the following days, in addition to building cement roads in Chang'an City, people were recruited to go to the land of Baiyue.
The first group of people has been prepared, a total of 100,000 people, led by Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, with Fan Zeng as the leader and Xiang Yu as the assistant.
It's not that Ying Zhengxin is inferior to Xiang Yu, but Qin An said that Xiang Yu is brave and arrogant, otherwise the world belongs to Xiang Yu, not Liu Bang.
Another point is that Xiang Yu is already married and he is very satisfied with Yu Ji. Yu Ji is also attracted by Xiang Yu's unique temperament.
Maybe it was destined, the two fell in love, and they were very happy and loving after getting married.
However, this made Fan Zeng very uncomfortable when he saw it, because the appearance of Yu Ji made Xiang Yu lose his desire to conquer the world, and Xiang Yu even appeared to help Ying Zheng speak good words, and even wanted to contribute to the Qin Dynasty.
This made Fan Zeng furious.
At the same time, Fan Zeng finally understood Ying Zheng's sinister intentions. He used a woman to divide the relationship between Xiang Yu and himself.
If he kept preventing Xiang Yu from being with Yu Ji, he believed that Fan Zeng would fall out with him.
In order to prevent Ying Zheng's conspiracy from succeeding, Fan Zeng began to pretend to accept Yu Ji, and then found an opportunity to differentiate the relationship between Yu Ji and Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu and Yu Ji didn't know Fan Zeng's intentions, especially Xiang Yu. He thought that Fan Zeng had sincerely accepted Yu Ji, and was so happy that he didn't come back until he was drunk.
Yu Ji respected Fan Zeng because of Xiang Yu's relationship. Even if Fan Zeng gossiped about her at first, she silently endured it without telling Xiang Yu. She even asked Xiang Yu to honor Fan Zeng.
Also because Yu Ji was around, Xiang Yu never broke with Fan Zeng.
Ying Zheng knew all this. After Xiang Yu and Yu Ji got married, the First Emperor, as a matchmaker, gave many rewards, especially the number of maids to serve Yu Ji.
These maids are all Ying Zheng's spies.
Not only that, even the maids and servants that Fan Zeng and Xiang Yu bought or envied also had Ying Zheng's spies.
Therefore, the secret between them cannot be hidden from Ying Zheng at all.
Accompanying the 100,000 people were Xu Zhi and a group of farmers, who carried the rice cultivation manual given to them by Ying Zheng.
Qin An gave this to Xu Xing, Xu Xing copied a copy and gave it to Ying Zheng, and Ying Zheng gave it to Xu Zhi.
Xu Zhi couldn't put it down after taking the rice cultivation manual. He held it in his arms all day long, reading every word in the book carefully and even memorizing it backwards.
It's just that some of the names are too technical. Xu Zhi hasn't understood them yet and has no chance to ask Qin An. He can only use experiments to learn the professional names in the book.
"Your Majesty, one hundred thousand people have gone to Baiyue, and their destination is South Vietnam. General Wang Ben has just established a foothold in Xiou. There is a Luo Yue tribe who is making tenacious resistance and causing a lot of losses to the army." A guard faced Ying. The latest political report.
Regarding the matter of Baiyue, Ying Zheng personally inquired about it and did not learn about it through other ministers.
Now I heard that there are still mountain people who are unwilling to obey Da Qin, which makes Ying Zheng very angry.
"This is unreasonable. Zhao Tuo has not yet controlled the entire Baiyue. No wonder Sir said he has objections."
"Your Majesty, there is only one Luoyue tribe in Xi'ou who is still making unnecessary resistance. General Wang Ben is worried that other mountain people in Baiyue will be deceived by him and unite against Qin. He hopes that one hundred thousand people will go to the land of Wuyue first." said the soldier.
Ying Zheng shook his head and said: "No, you go back and tell Wang Ben that I sent him a fierce general named Xiang Yu and a counselor named Fan Zeng. You can listen to their suggestions in war."
"promise."
Ying Zheng looked at the direction in which the soldiers were leaving and said to himself: "Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu, I hope you have not disappointed me, otherwise..."
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It has been ten days since Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng escorted 100,000 people to South Vietnam.
"My father, we are going to the land of Baiyue. Not only is the journey long, but the environment in the land of Baiyue is also very bad. I heard that the miasma there is poisonous. Why doesn't my father refuse this to your majesty?" Xiang Yu asked.
Fan Zeng smiled and said: "Yu'er, have you forgotten our original intention?"
"You mean Yafu?" Xiang Yu asked in confusion.
"Alas." Fan Zeng sighed and thought to himself, "Yu'er, you forgot your original intention because of Yu Ji. I'm really disappointed."
But he said: "Yu'er, you have forgotten, we want to establish our own power in Baiyue. After the death of Ying Zheng and the chaos in the world, we will use the name of King Qin to send troops to Xianyang City."
Xiang Yu laughed loudly and said: "I thought Yafu was going to say something. How could I forget this matter? Although Chu has three households, if Qin is destroyed, Chu will definitely die."
"Since you still remember, why did you tell Yu Ji that you would sacrifice your life for the Qin Dynasty?" Fan Zeng asked in surprise.
Xiang Yu laughed and said: "Haha... I'm not wrong. We will always work hard for the Qin Dynasty. If Ying Zheng is not dead, the world will be in chaos. I can't wait to get ahead."
Some people died, but not completely...
