Thumb promised to cultivate ice Gu directly in Qin and teach the craftsmen of Great Qin how to make dense stones. This was a great thing for Great Qin and Ying Zheng.
And if Jingjue moves his whole family here, it will be extremely beneficial to Ying Zheng.
Mi Shi, you won’t have to worry about not having enough in the future, and Wu Chan, if nothing unexpected happens, can become the new princess.
That night, Ying Zheng was so excited that he couldn't sleep at all, and the smile kept hanging on his lips. What appeared in front of his eyes was Wu Chan's charming face and graceful figure.
In the next two days, Ying Zheng and the Meng brothers personally selected a group of reliable sergeants and craftsmen and handed them over to Thumb for unified command.
Two layers of the underground tomb have been excavated, the second and third layers, and the first batch of dense stones will be used to reinforce the walls of these two layers.
The cultivation location of the Ice Gu was chosen on the edge of the second floor. Ying Zheng specially ordered people to build an iron fence around this area, and there were sergeants guarding it all around.
Everything is well arranged here, and finally, there is one key point - the fire eye!
The key reason is because of the existence of several mythical beasts.
Ying Zheng didn't want Liu An's incident to happen again, so he and Ji Fa secretly came to the cave on the other side of the Fire Eye.
Yaizhen and Xi were also invited here by Ji Fa. They were both sitting on the ground leisurely, looking at Ying Zheng.
"Ying Zheng has met two seniors." Ying Zheng saluted and said.
Yaizhen nodded slightly and said, "A few days ago, you said you wanted to use the Fire Eye to create dense stones. How is the progress now?"
"Back to senior," Ying Zheng said respectfully, "The equipment for making the secret stone is all ready. Once one more element is determined, we can start work."
"Huhu." Yaizhen seemed to be smiling, "Does this factor require us not to get close to the fire eye for the time being?"
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "Exactly, if the two seniors are here, there is no guarantee that there will be no deviation and they will see it."
"Then can you guarantee the safety of Fire Eye?" Xi asked.
"This is natural." Ying Zheng said with certainty, "No one will destroy the fire eye, and Jing Jue people will only think that it is an ordinary fire eye and will not know that it is the dragon vein."
"Okay, I trust you." Yazui said, "The weather is getting colder, so don't break ground during this period and concentrate on making dense stones."
"Okay, thank you, senior." Ying Zheng thanked him.
"Uh, and..." Yaizhen paused, then poked his head forward and asked, "Are those ice Gus okay?"
Ying Zheng's brows twitched, but he said calmly: "Ice Gu was brought by Jing Jue, and everything is fine now."
"That's good." Yazui said, "If you have a chance, you can bring a few and show me."
"Okay." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Senior, do you have any other instructions?"
Yaizhen narrowed his red eyes, shook his head, and said, "No more, go ahead."
Ying Zheng and Ji Fa said goodbye and left the cave.
Looking at the two people's retreating figures, his stern eyes shone with a slight complexity.
After exiting the cave, Ying Zheng approached Ji Fa and asked in a low voice: "Senior, why did Yajue specifically ask about ice Gu?"
Ji Fa looked back at the entrance of the cave, lowered his voice, and said rather mysteriously: "Ice Gu is not the only one who asked about it. When I went to Jiuyou before, the Dragon Clan also asked about it."
"Oh?" Ying Zheng frowned, "Dragon Clan also asked about it? What did they ask about?"
"Actually, I didn't ask anything." Ji Fa said, "It seems that they are just concerned about the ice Gu. However, I feel that the dragon clan seems to have other plans."
"Any other plans?" Ying Zheng asked in confusion.
Ji Fa nodded, and at the same time quickened his pace, he still said softly: "Yes, do you still remember what I once told you about the reason why that ancient era was ended?"
"Well, senior once said that ancient civilizations wanted to find their ancestors, so they built many ancient pagodas.
. Ying Zheng said.
"Isn't this the end?" Ji Fa said, "The ancient pagoda is made of dense stone, and to make the dense stone, you must rely on ice Gu. If Jiuxiao loses the ice Gu, then naturally there will be no dense stone. In this way, the Dragon Clan will no longer worry about what happened before happening again."
Hearing this, Ying Zheng was stunned.
Ji Fa stretched out his hand, pulled Ying Zheng to continue walking forward, and said: "This ice Gu was originally a thing of the Dragon Clan. Nowadays, there is no ice Gu left in Jiuyou, so the ice Gu in Jing Jue's hand is It’s the last remnant of ice Gu from the Egg Clan.”
"It turned out to be... like this..." Ying Zheng finally came back to his senses and said, "Then this ice Gu is extremely rare not only for Jingjue, but also for the dragon clan?"
"Well, that's true." Ji Fa said, "What I'm worried about is that the Dragon Clan will forcefully ask for the Ice Gu. If that's the case, do you think Jing Jue will be willing to give it up?"
Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't think so."
"That's right." Ji Fa said, "For the Dragon Clan, if we get the Ice Gu back, it will not only return it to the Nine Netherworld, but also block the means of making secret stones. This is a two-pronged strategy."
Ying Zheng became a little uneasy and murmured: "Senior, if that's really the case, our efforts will be in vain, and Wu Chan and the others won't let go of the ice Gu."
"Why panic?" Ji Fa glanced at Ying Zheng, "Even if the Dragon Clan has this plan, it won't be done now, at least until you go to Jiuyou to formally cooperate with them."
Ying Zheng let out a breath and felt a little relieved: "That's pretty much it. It seems there is still a lot of time."
"That's right." Ji Fa said, "But don't tell Thuy about this yet."
"Yeah." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "This is natural."
The two returned to the camp. Ying Zheng left Meng Tian in Lishan to assist his thumb, and then returned to Xianyang with half of the sergeants and craftsmen.
Along the way, Ying Zheng was still in a good mood.
Caressing Fengye's golden mane, Ying Zheng murmured in a low voice: "Fengye, Fengye, you must also miss your master. Don't be anxious. It won't be long before she comes to us. You must I’m very happy, haha.”
Maple Leaf seemed to understand Ying Zheng's words. He raised his head and hissed twice, as if in response to Ying Zheng.
When they were approaching the east gate of Xianyang, a caravan of about a hundred or so people appeared on the pipeline in front of the team, pulling vehicles of various sizes.
The caravan was not moving very fast, and Ying Zheng's team could only follow behind.
Meng Yi urged his horse to run to Ying Zheng's side, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there is a caravan in front of us. Should we ask them to get out of the way, or should we go around it?"
"Don't alert them yet," Ying Zheng said. "Go and inquire. Ask them where they are from and what they came to Xianyang for."
"Yes." Meng Yi responded, turned his horse's head, and ran in the direction of the caravan leader.
The season has already entered winter. Logically speaking, most caravans should have stopped. How come there are still caravans coming to Xianyang?
Not long after, Meng Yi ran back.
"Your Majesty, I have found out clearly." Meng Yi said with a cup of his hand, "This caravan is from the Chu State, transporting cotton. Last time when the Chu State envoy returned, he said that Da Qin could not survive the winter if it only bought silk and satin, so he asked The cotton caravan brought the cotton."
"Oh?" Ying Zhenglue said with some surprise, "This Chu country is really good at doing business. They actually thought of making winter clothes. Are they going to Sima Mansion?"
"Exactly." Meng Yi replied.
"Okay, you take the Meng family army back to the base, and I will escort them there with the imperial guards." Ying Zheng said.
Meng Yi responded, and then went to rectify the Meng family army.
Ying Zheng led the imperial guards and followed the caravan leisurely.
The caravan knew that it was the Qin army behind them, and was a little uneasy at first, fearing that it would conflict with the Qin army due to its speed. However, later it turned out that the Qin army did not rush them, and they seemed to be following behind to protect the merchants. Team, they were all relieved
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Everyone in the caravan secretly admired Qin Jun's generosity.
When they arrived at the city gate, the caravan voluntarily gave way to the road, allowing Ying Zheng's team to enter the city gate first.
Ying Zheng ordered his men to give some instructions to the soldiers guarding the city, and then rushed directly to Sima Mansion.
Sima Hong and Sima Jie in the mansion heard that King Qin was back and hurriedly welcomed him out of the mansion.
After seeing the ceremony, Sima Hong said, "Your Majesty, you are finally back."
"Hahaha, Lord Sima, I should have said this to you." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "I have been waiting for you for many days, but you have never come back."
"Haha, Wei Chen, isn't this to take back the original grain seeds?" Sima Hong said with a smile, "But I didn't want to hear that the king has found a very busy job for me as soon as I return to Xianyang."
Speaking of the original grain seeds, Ying Zheng hurriedly introduced Ji Fa to Sima Hong and his son: "This is Senior Ji who gave me the original grain seeds. If you encounter any doubts about cultivating grain seeds in the future, someone can finally solve them. .”
Sima father and son were both shocked and said at the same time, "Junior has seen Senior Ji."
"Haha, these days, I often hear King Qin mention you. I have long wanted to meet you." Ji Fa said with a smile.
"Senior, thank you very much." Sima Hong said, "Please come into the house and rest."
As soon as they entered the living room, Sima Hong took out several bulging cloth bags and placed them in front of Ying Zheng and Ji Fa.
After opening it, a variety of colorful original cereal seeds appeared in front of everyone.
Ying *** got down, grabbed a handful of red beans, and asked, "How is the production this year?"
"With the accumulation last year, the output this year will be much higher than last year." Sima Hong said, "I think after a few more years of accumulation, it can be implemented among the private sector."
Ying Zheng said happily: "As long as everything goes well, the sooner this original grain seed is implemented among the people, the more confident we will be."
Unexpectedly, Ji Fa laughed loudly and said, "I gave you the original grain seeds just to let you learn how to plant them. As for the quantity of the grain seeds, you don't have to worry. I have enough control."
Ying Zheng, Sima and his son's eyes widened at the same time, and they couldn't believe what they heard.
"Senior, are you saying that the original grain seeds are not just the ones you gave me at the beginning?" Ying Zheng swallowed his saliva and asked.
"Did I say at that time that those were the only original grain seeds left in the world?" Ji Fa glanced sideways at Ying Zheng.
Indeed, looking back at that time, Ji Fa did just ask Ying Zheng to try to cultivate grain seeds, rather than asking Ying Zheng to save the remaining grain seeds.
Just because he felt it was too precious, Ying Zheng instinctively understood it wrong.
"So...where did senior put the other original grain seeds?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Haha, where do you think I will put it?" Ji Fa asked with a smile.
Since it is a precious thing, it must be buried in an extremely secret place underground or deep in the mountains.
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underground?
Hidden underground?
Ying Zheng looked at Ji Fa and asked tentatively: "Is it the Tomb of King Wu that the senior is referring to?"
"Haha, it seems you are quite smart." Ji Fa said with a smile, "Like the treasures you found before, all the original grain seeds are stored in the lower part of the royal tomb."
"The lower half...?" Ying Zheng was a little confused, "Does that mean that the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth floors of King Wu's Tomb are all original grain seeds?"
Ji Fa stroked his white beard and nodded gently.
"Haha." Ying Zheng jumped up happily, "There are so many!"
Yes, there must be a lot. He has been to the first four floors, and of course he knows how big the space is on each floor. The institutions on the lower four floors are almost the same as the first four floors.
"It will be fun for you. You will see it after you pass the royal tomb." Ji Fa said, "Don't forget that there is a large caravan waiting outside, but don't make people wait in a hurry."
Ying Zheng slapped his forehead and was so happy that he forgot about this problem.
