Lishan, the main tent of the Chinese army. Ying Zheng opened the kit in his hand and poured out the colorful beans inside.
The thumb sitting opposite him was immediately attracted by the colorful beans.
"I've heard for a long time that China's farming is great, but I didn't expect to be able to grow such colorful beans." Thumb asked with a hint of doubt.
"You didn't dye this with dye, did you?"
"Of course not." Ying Zheng said with a smile,
"This kind of seed is called the original seed of five grains. It is left over from ancient times and has the power of the five elements. These five colors represent the five attributes of the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water."
"Wood...fire, earth...metal...water?" Thumb muttered one word at a time, obviously having never been exposed to this concept.
Ying Zheng nodded and explained patiently: "The power of the five elements is contained in all things in the world, and they are mutually reinforcing and interfering. In addition to grains, there are many things that are classified because of the power of the five elements."
"The five senses, five internal organs of humans and animals; the five poisons and five fragrances in plants; and the five tones, five rhythms, five flavors, etc." Thumb seemed to understand what he was hearing, and after pondering for a while, he sighed: "They all say Chinese civilization is unfathomable, and now that we have only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg, I am shocked."
"Haha." Ying Zheng said with a smile,
"The contents in this kit are only millet seeds, that is, beans. I didn't bring other kinds of grains."
"There are four more kinds?" Thumb said,
"I think these original grain seeds must be much better than the seeds cultivated today."
"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded and said,
"Both in terms of yield and resistance to disasters, it is much stronger than ordinary seeds cultivated by ordinary people."
"Hahaha..." Thumb laughed and said,
"This is a blessing for the people."
"So, seniors, don't worry that after Jingjue moves here, I won't be able to support you." Ying Zheng said,
"You can farm and graze at the same time." It turned out that Ying Zheng took out the original grain seeds to reassure his thumbs.
After all, if there is any famine or disaster caused by the migration of the whole country, it is no joke. Everything that may happen must be anticipated in advance and risks should be avoided.
He twiddled the colorful beans in front of him with his thumb, smiled from ear to ear, and said, "This way, I won't have any worries anymore."
"That's good." Ying Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief and asked instead,
"How's the situation here?"
"Not bad." Thumb said,
"Ice Gu has completely adapted to the environment here and has begun to vomit juice. The ghost hands have also taught the first batch of craftsmen. The next step is for the craftsmen to practice while teaching other craftsmen."
"Well, okay." Ying Zheng asked again,
"But what help do you need?" Thumb said with a smile: "King Qin, just prepare enough food and drink. These craftsmen consume a lot of physical strength, so we can't let them be thirsty and hungry."
"Of course that's no problem." Ying Zheng knew that his thumbs were protective of ghost hands and craftsmen. He had already prepared enough food and drink, but he still wanted to emphasize it again.
"Haha, that's good." Thumb said with a smile.
"Come on, I will take the king up to see the project."
"Let's go." Ying Zheng stood up and followed his thumb to the cave where the fire eye was. The place where Ice Gu is raised is located in a cave near the Fire Eye. It is probably connected to an underground river. This cave is somewhat moist and the temperature is low, which is very suitable for raising Ice Gu.
Ying Zheng knew the secrets related to Jingjue, so naturally he couldn't go deep into it. He just took a general look at the outside and continued towards the Fire Eye.
In the hole of the fire eye, groups of equipment are already arranged in an orderly manner. The first wave of trained craftsmen are all wearing ice silk clothes and practicing next to the equipment.
Seeing Ying Zheng coming, the craftsmen were about to stand up to salute, but they saw Ying Zheng raised his hand to show off and continued to operate.
The craftsmen knew that King Qin was here for inspection, so they relaxed their arms and worked harder. The speed of making dense stones increased a bit, and Ying Zheng looked at it carefully from beginning to end.
"Yes, it's like that." Ying Zheng praised, then picked up a cooled dense stone and returned it to his thumb.
"Senior Thumb, is this dense stone qualified?" Ying Zheng handed the dense stone in his hand to Thumb. He took the dense stone that was still warm with his thumb and looked at it carefully.
In fact, Thumb has carefully looked at the dense stones that the craftsmen have made in the past few days. But this time, because of Ying Zheng, Thumb looked at it particularly carefully.
"It's not bad, but the texture is not completely uniform." Thumb said,
"But it's already much stronger than before."
"What adjustments need to be made?" Ying Zheng asked eagerly.
"It's not difficult." He pointed at an instrument with his thumb.
"The device that increases pressure is the key. The people who operate it must be coordinated and the strength must be controlled at the same level." Several craftsmen sitting next to the device that controls pressure nodded seriously at the same time, and then discussed with each other. stand up.
After a brief discussion, the instrument was started again, and new dense stones were forged again.
"Well, there's some progress again." Thumb looked at the dense stone that was created again and said,
"I think after a few more days of practice, I'll be able to make a fully qualified dense stone."
"Haha, that's good." Ying Zheng said happily. When the craftsmen heard this, they became more confident and energetic.
"By the way, Senior Thumb, is there anything abnormal happening in this fire eye?" Ying Zheng looked at the direction of the fire eye and asked suddenly.
"There's nothing too unusual." Thumb turned his head and looked at the black hole where Yaizhen once lived, and said,
"The only strange thing is the black hole." Ying Zheng's heart trembled, and he quickly asked: "That black hole? What's wrong?" Thumb's eyes narrowed, he slowed down and said, "I once thought that black hole It was a hole leading to the outside, so I ordered someone to light a torch and go in to investigate. Strangely, the light of the torch seemed to be suppressed by something inside, and the distance it illuminated was not as far as normal. After going deep inside, There is a pit, and behind it is a stone wall." Ying Zheng has never been in this black hole, so he doesn't know what it looks like inside.
"It seems like there's nothing strange about it," Ying Zheng said. His thumb came close to Ying Zheng, pulled him to a corner, and lowered his voice and said: "The pits in this hole are nothing, but under the corner, some animal-like scales and hairs were found, and, in At certain times of the night, there will be faint sounds of grunting and grunting coming from the bottom of the pit."
"So I feel like this black hole is like a nest." Ying Zheng's brows moved, his heart tightened, and he asked urgently: "Don't you make this matter public?" Thumb shook his head and said: "No. In addition to entering No one knows about the two ghost hands of the black hole." Ying Zheng breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Since there is something weird about this black hole, let's order someone to seal the entrance of the hole to prevent anything from happening. .”
"Okay." Thumb responded, and quickly arranged it in front. At this moment, a ghost hand hurriedly ran in from outside, saluted Ying Zheng and said: "To the King of Qin, Lord Meng Yi rushed over from Xianyang and said he had something urgent to report." Ying Zheng's heart tightened. He asked urgently: "Where is he?"
"In the Chinese military tent." The ghost hand replied.
"Then tell Thumb, I will go back first." After Ying Zheng explained, he hurried back.
Along the way, Ying Zheng was not only feeling uneasy, but also a little nervous, because Meng Yi was so eager to chase him to Lishan, so it must be no small matter.
Back at the big tent, two brothers, Meng Tian and Meng Yi, were gathering together and talking. Seeing that Ying Zheng was back, Meng Yi hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Xianyang Palace received several secret letters. I was afraid that the matter was urgent, so I rushed over with the secret letters." After that, Meng Yi took the secret letters from his luggage He took out several confidential letters and handed them to Ying Zheng.
"Where are they all sent from?" Ying Zheng asked as he took the secret letter.
"One is from Li Si, and the other is from Zhuge Teng of Luoyi." Meng Yi said,
"There are two more letters, sent from the Western Regions." Ying Zheng sat on the chair, placed several confidential letters on the table, and took the lead in opening Li Si's confidential letter.
After reading the contents of the secret letter, Ying Zheng couldn't help but frown and slapped the table unconsciously: "This King Han, I don't want to get angry with you, but you still treat yourself as a person!" Meng Tian saw that Ying Zheng was angry. , and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, what happened to Sir?"
"Hmph!" Ying Zheng said coldly,
"With ten more of his courage, he wouldn't dare to do anything to Mr., but it seems that Mr. has become a hostage." Ying Zheng said while handing the secret letter to the Meng brothers for review.
The two brothers read the contents of the secret letter together.
"Sir, the King of Han wants to ask for equipment for making flying crossbows," Meng Tian said.
"And we must receive a letter of confirmation from the king before we can let you come back." Meng Yi followed. Ying Zheng sneered and said: "It seems that this time, if we don't give South Korea some color, they won't know who they are." Meng Tian thought about it and dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, let's not act rashly and wait and see. What does Zhuge Teng say?" Ying Zheng nodded, opened Zhuge Teng's letter and read it.
It turned out that this secret letter was what Li Si wanted to say to Ying Zheng. After Li Si was left in Xinzheng by King Han, he followed King Han's wishes and wrote a letter to Ying Zheng, which was the letter that Ying Zheng saw just now.
In private, Li Si wrote another secret letter and asked Zhuge Ming to take it back to Luoyi and give it to Zhuge Teng, who would then hand it over to Ying Zheng.
In this letter, Li Si warned Ying Zheng not to act rashly, and nothing would happen to him. Moreover, on the condition that Han Xin enter Qin, only when the King of Han agreed to let Han Xin enter Qin to assist in the construction of aqueducts, could the Qin State make flying crossbows. The equipment is sent to South Korea.
The letter also said that Zhuge Teng had expressed his intention to submit to Qin and might come to Xianyang with Li Si.
Ying Zheng let out a breath, and finally relaxed his frown: "It seems that sir has already made plans, so he is in a hurry to go to South Korea. From this point of view, let's do as sir said, I will do it immediately Write a reply to King Han." After saying that, Ying Zheng was about to write a letter with pen and ink.
Meng Yi pointed to the remaining two secret letters and said, "Your Majesty, don't you take a look at these two letters?" Ying Zheng waved his hand and said, "Let's finish the Korean affairs first." Soon, Ying Zheng wrote the letter, read it again, put it in the bag and put it in his arms.
Before sending it away, it needs to be stamped with a jade seal, so it can only be sent after returning to the palace. After collecting the letter he just wrote, Ying Zheng opened the two confidential letters from the Western Regions.
After reading the contents of the letter one after another, Ying Zheng smiled from ear to ear. These two secret letters, one comes from King Qiemo and the other comes from Queen Jingjue, Wu Chan.
