After leaving the Meng Mansion, Ying Zheng and Li Si headed towards the pottery kiln outside the city.
Ying Zheng didn't know why he was so busy, but he enjoyed it.
When they entered the pottery factory, they saw that Jing Liang was also here, talking to Jing Fan.
Seeing Ying Zheng arriving, everyone bowed in greeting.
"Brother Jing, I haven't seen you for a few days. What have you been busy with recently?" Ying Zheng asked.
Jing Liang cupped his hands and said, "I'm not busy with anything. It's just that I can't be of much help with the matters that the king has been dealing with recently."
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Then, can Brother Jing be able to help with this imitation of pottery figurines?"
Before Jing Liang could answer, Jing Fan said, "Back to the king, brother Jing Liang, he has been of great help."
"Oh." Ying Zheng said calmly, not surprised at all.
As expected, Jing Liang wouldn't be here if he hadn't come to help.
"It's just that the ratio of some raw materials has been adjusted. Brother Jing Fan doesn't have to worry about it," Jing Liang said with a smile.
"Although the operation is not difficult, if we try it bit by bit, it will take a lot of time." Jing Fan said.
Hearing this, Ying Zheng's heart tightened. What he lacks most now is really time.
"Brother Jing, you already know how to imitate these pottery figurines, right?" Ying Zheng looked at Jing Liang and then at Li Si.
Li Si looked away as if nothing was wrong, obviously feeling guilty.
Jing Liang also looked at Li Si and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, it's not that we two don't want to help the King, it's because Master didn't allow us to help the King from the beginning."
People who practice martial arts are obviously more practical than those who study.
"Then why are you helping now?" Ying Zheng seemed to be making things difficult, but in fact he just asked casually.
"Because I have other important things to do." Jing Liang walked up to Ying Zheng and whispered, "After helping the king enter the second floor of King Wu's Tomb, I will leave."
"Leave?" Ying Zheng had a bad premonition and asked, "Where are you going?"
"It's unknown where he will go," Jing Liang said, "but he should at least leave Qin."
"Leave Qin?" Ying Zheng asked in surprise, "Does Brother Jing not want to stay with me anymore?"
"It's not that Jing Liang doesn't want to, it's really the master's order that cannot be violated." Jing Liang sighed.
"Can you tell me what the reason is?" Ying Zheng asked.
Jing Liang looked at Jing Fan behind him, and then said to Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment."
Jing Liang turned around, spoke a few more words to Jing Fan, then returned to Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, let's find a place where no one is around to talk."
Ying Zheng, Jing Liang, and Li Si came to an open field.
"Tell me what's going on." Ying Zheng stopped and looked at Jing Liang and said.
"I can't tell you the specific reason yet," Jing Liang said. "At the moment, I can only say that it is related to the Jiuding matter."
"Is it related to Jiuding?" Ying Zheng thought of the remaining celestial eyes, but he was not sure whether they were related to what Jing Liang was going to do.
"And it's also related to the king." Jing Liang nodded and said, "It's for the king to use Jiuding better in the future. I can only say so much."
It seemed like there was nothing more I could ask.
"How long will you be leaving?" Ying Zheng no longer worries about the reason for Jing Liang's departure. Since it is related to Jiuding, he will of course put the overall situation first.
"I can't say for sure," Jing Liang said. "Even if I finish my work, I won't be able to return to Qin for a long time."
"Why?" Ying Zheng asked in confusion.
"This is a long-term mission. Please don't ask more questions, Your Majesty. Your Majesty will know when you meet Master in the future." Jing Liang's expression was helpless.
"You just said that after you and I went to the second floor of King Zhou's Tomb together, you would leave immediately?" Ying Zheng asked.
Jing Liang nodded: "This is the plan. Let Li Si help the king complete the rest."
Ying Zheng felt uncomfortable. Although he knew Jing Liang's special status, he would lose a lot of help if Jing Liang was not around.
"If Brother Jing has something he must do, I can't force him to stay." Ying Zheng calmed down and said, "Whatever Brother Jing wants, I will give it to you."
Jing Liang shook his head and said, "I don't need anything, but I want to give something to the king."
"Give me something as a gift?" Ying Zheng asked, "What is it?"
"I heard from Li Si that because of the blood recognition last time, a lot of the red elixir that the master gave to the king was used up." Jing Liang said, "I still have a lot here, so give them all to the king. "
Jing Liang always thinks of Ying Zheng, and Ying Zheng suddenly feels grateful and reluctant to give up.
"Then thank you, Brother Jing." Ying Zheng said after a moment.
"Your Majesty, do we still need to talk about thanking each other?" Jing Liang said.
"Don't mention it, don't mention it." Ying Zheng said with a forced smile.
Jing Liang also smiled slightly and asked, "Your Majesty, is there anything else you need Jing Liang to help you accomplish?"
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "This time the army goes out, it will not be a problem to defeat the rebels, but we are worried that Cheng Jiao and Fan Yuqi will take advantage of the chaos to escape. If these two people escape, can Brother Jing find a way to kill them? Captured and brought back?"
Before Jing Liang could speak, Li Si said from the side: "Your Majesty, if these two people flee, I suggest that they not be arrested and returned to Qin."
"Oh?" Ying Zheng asked in confusion, "Why?"
"If we capture him, it will only vent the king's personal anger." Li Si said honestly, "But if we exile him to another country, it will be a good excuse to start a war with other countries. The king will bring peace to the world. At this time, you cannot directly make enemies of the whole world, you must defeat them one by one, so you should send troops with a name, so that several countries will not unite together to fight against Qin."
Ying Zheng lowered his head slightly and thought for a moment.
Li Si is right. If the army is unknown, it will inevitably reveal its ambition to dominate the world. In this way, the six countries and even the entire world will inevitably unite to fight against Qin. In that case, even if Qin wins the final victory, There is bound to be an extremely heavy price to pay.
"What about letting one go and bringing back the other?" Ying Zheng raised his head and asked.
"The king wants to let Fan Yuqi go and bring Cheng Jiao back, right?" Li Si asked with a smile on his face.
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "The culprit of the whole thing is Fan Yuqi. No matter where he escapes, as long as we send troops to arrest him, it will be reasonable. Then we can harbor the name of Qin's fugitive and report him to This country has raised an army to investigate, and I expect that other countries may not necessarily come to help."
"Cheng Jiao is a descendant of the royal family after all. No matter how the king deals with her, it will be better than banishing her." Li Si added, "What's more, if Cheng Jiao is in another country, she will inevitably be used by others and become a The king’s hidden danger.”
"Then let's make this decision. Fan Yuqi will be exiled and Cheng Jiao will be captured and returned to Xianyang." Ying Zheng said seriously.
"The army doesn't know about this matter," Jing Liang said, "Then let me do it for you. I will capture Cheng Jiao and hand it over to General Wang Jian."
Ying Zheng looked at Jing Liang reluctantly and asked, "After this matter is settled, will you not return to Xianyang?"
Jing Liang cupped his hands and said, "I probably won't be back for a while. Besides, I may also change my name."
"You want to change your name?" Ying Zheng asked, "Change it to what?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. Let me tell the king before I leave," Jing Liang said.
Li Si saw Ying Zheng's reluctance and said, "Your Majesty, Jing Liang is indeed involved in something important, and Li Si will always be by your side until the end of his life."
After hearing Li Si's words, Ying Zheng felt a little relieved.
"Your Majesty, let's discuss the imitation of pottery figurines with the craftsmen." Jing Liang changed the subject.
Ying Zheng nodded, and the three returned to where the craftsmen were.
Jing Fan is leading the craftsmen to sort out the raw materials used to make the blanks.
Seeing the three people coming back, all the craftsmen put down their things and gathered together.
"Besides the outer layer of paint, is there anything missing?" Ying Zheng asked Jing Fan.
"Back to the king, after Brother Jing Liang came to help yesterday, the blanks made and the samples fired are basically close to the materials of those terracotta warriors," Jing Fan said.
"So, it only needs to be made into the shape of military warriors?" Ying Zheng asked.
"With the tools currently available in kilns, we can only make several pieces separately and then assemble them together," Jing Fan said.
Ying Zheng looked around the pottery factory, turned around and said to Li Si: "Sir, the pottery I need to make in the future is not just one or two imitations."
Li Si nodded and said, "It's just that there are a lot of soldiers who need to be imitated."
Ying Zheng said: "This kiln is indeed crude, and the equipment is not complete. It is expected that making pottery figurines will be labor-intensive and time-consuming. I have allocated some money and asked Zhao Gao to tidy up the kiln and add more. appliance."
"This is the best." Li Si said.
Jing Fan and others all looked happy.
"What should I do with the outer coating?" Ying Zheng asked.
Li Si walked up to Ying Zheng and said in a low voice: "According to Master's explanation, in the tomb of King Wu, there are paint samples that imitate the grace of the pottery figurines, as well as the production methods. But for now, the king only needs to make the terracotta warriors. Those coatings also need to be copied.”
Ying Zheng also asked in a low voice: "In other words, if the paint is all in the second layer, we have to imitate the paint like we imitate these soldiers and warriors before we can enter the third layer?"
"That's the requirement." Li Si said, "But that layer may not be just paint."
Ying Zheng imagined what the paint would look like in his mind, but suddenly he seemed to remember something: "Sir, are these paints the same as those painted on the surface of Jiuding?"
Li Si shook his head and said, "I don't know the details, but it seems that the paint used by Jiuding will be more complicated and higher-grade."
Ying Zheng nodded, then came to Jing Fan and the craftsmen, and said: "I will renovate this kiln and buy some pottery tools. If you need anything, write it down and I will take it back. , let people go and buy it.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jing Fan said, "This will make our work much easier."
The craftsmen were all in high spirits, and some had even set out to find pens and ink.
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "I promised you before that I would bring your wives, children, and children to Xianyang. Now, it is time to fulfill my promise."
The craftsmen could no longer hide their excitement, and happily started talking quietly with the people nearby.
"Jing Fan, who else is in your family?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Back to the king," Jing Fan replied, "I have an old mother who is taken care of by my wife Yuan at home. I also have a son named Jingde. He should be eight years old this year."
When he mentioned his family, Jing Fan's face suddenly showed deep concern.
"Well, write down everyone's family members and detailed addresses." Ying Zheng said, "Then write a letter, and I will immediately send someone to bring all your family members here."
The craftsmen were so happy that they couldn't help but one of them slipped away to look for pen and ink.
"Jing Fan, I want a complete replica of the pottery figurine. How long will it take to see it?" Ying Zheng asked with a smile.
Jing Fan looked at the determined eyes of the craftsmen.
"Tomorrow at noon." All the craftsmen replied in unison.
"Okay!" Ying Zheng raised his voice, "At noon tomorrow, I will come to inspect the goods."
This motivation method really works.
