Yang Duanhe received the seal of command, and the two groups of troops going out for the expedition were completely settled.
After retiring from the court, Ying Zheng took Solin and Qiang Yu to the study, and then asked Zhao Gao Gao to bring wine and food, and the three brothers started drinking.
Thorin pressed on about the New Year's Eve process.
Ying Zheng talked eloquently and told the whole thing from beginning to end.
Of course, he still didn't say why Xi's totem was engraved on 'my instrument' before, and of course he couldn't.
The two brothers were very happy to hear this and lamented that they could not go to South Korea to spend New Year's Eve together.
Hunting giant beasts is more exciting than going into battle.
When Ying Zheng said that Xi's body turned into a red egg, both brothers stared blankly and couldn't believe their ears.
"Brother Wang, please take us to see each other." Thorin begged.
Ying Zheng knew that they would never give up if they were not allowed to see the red egg, so he said: "It's okay to see it, but you must not touch it."
It would be bad for these two young boys to break the red eggs with their rough hands and feet.
"Don't worry, Brother Wang." Qiang Yu said with a smile, "If it doesn't work, I'll tie this kid's hands first."
Thorin said angrily: "If you want to tie them up, tie them together."
"Hahaha." Ying Zheng laughed, "You two treasures are so ridiculous. Let's go and open your eyes."
Zhao Gao led the way to his dormitory, and then placed the wooden box filled with cotton on the table.
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Ying Zheng took the two people who were eager to try and stood still far away from the table. No one was allowed to take a step forward.
When the cotton was uncovered, the red eggs appeared, and both brothers were amazed.
"Brother Wang, this is really magical." Thorin murmured.
Qiang Xu also said: "Yes, the one that will be hatched in the future will definitely be a big man. I'm afraid it won't be enough to eat a cow a day."
"It's not that exaggerated." Ying Zheng said, "If that's the case, just let it eat grass and raise it like a horse."
"Haha, I'm just afraid that it will get angry and won't let you ride," Thorin said.
Ying Zheng sighed and said, "Let alone riding it, I'm afraid I'll have to give it back as soon as it hatches."
"Give it back?" Qiang He asked, "Give it back to whom?"
"Of course it's the dragon vein where Xi was originally." Ying Zheng said slightly mysteriously, "When the beast grows up this year, we must also protect the dragon vein. Only in this way can we keep our peace."
The two brothers nodded doubtfully, thinking about how the Nian beast would look when it grew up.
"Okay, I've read it. Don't tell anyone else about this secret." Ying Zheng pulled the two brothers, "Let's go back and drink."
The brothers were reluctantly pulled out of the door by Ying Zheng. Thorin's eyes stayed on the red egg until it was out of sight, and he looked back from time to time.
Back in the study, the three of them continued drinking.
Thorin was still thinking about the red egg, but he heard Qiang He say: "Brother Wang, do you really want to destroy all 'my weapons'?"
Ying Zheng nodded and said firmly: "Things have become like this. No matter from any aspect, they should be destroyed. After all, Han Fei is right. If this magic weapon is left to future generations, there will be too many hidden dangers. "
"It's a pity." Qiang Yu said, "But it's the right thing to do."
Thorin came back to his senses and asked: "Brother Wang, can you leave two of them for us brothers to play with?"
Ying Zheng shook his head helplessly and said: "Don't worry about 'my weapon', but I can use the smelted alloy to make a sword for you."
When the brothers heard this, they immediately became interested.
"That would be great," Thorin grinned.
"Thank you, Brother Wang." Qiang Yu said with his hands in accordance with the etiquette of the Qin people.
Ying Zheng said with a smile: "No need to be polite, this is not a difficult task. You can design a style you like and leave it to me later."
The two brothers agreed and toasted Ying Zheng.
After finishing the drink, Ying Zheng seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, although 'my weapon' will not appear on the battlefield again, that 'our army' is still well-trained and powerful. A strong and powerful team, I will accompany you on this expedition and let them serve as your guards."
The two brothers were overjoyed and said in unison: "Thank you, Brother Wang."
In the next few days, Ying Zheng was still busy handling various court affairs, and the preparations for the two teams about to go out were basically completed.
After seeing off the expedition team, Ying Zheng took all his "weapons" and headed for Lishan.
The equipment for smelting the alloy was all there and had not been brought back, so this time the smelting of the magic weapon naturally had to go to Lishan Mountain.
What's more, those smelted alloys also need to find a place to put them properly.
When I came to the camp, I saw Ji Fa, but I didn't see Meng Tian and Ou Ping.
After inquiring, I learned that Ou Ping had received Ji Fa's instructions and returned to the clan to mobilize manpower. Meng Tian also followed him in order to protect him.
Ying Zheng, who was already quite curious about the ancient sword-making clan, felt the mystery of this family even more after meeting Ou Ping, so he began to ask Ji Fa: "Master, that Ou Ping said he is Ou Yezi The descendants of the Yue Kingdom, and Li Si said that you also used the Ou family to make swords for the Yue Kingdom at that time, so what is going on in this?"
"Haha, I guessed that you would ask about this." Ji Fa said with a smile, "Actually, the sword-making clan is a merger of two families, one is the Ou clan, and the other is the Mo clan."
"The family surnamed Ou is passed on by men, while the family surnamed Mo is passed on by women. Only the children born from the union of the two families are qualified to fully inherit the ancestral business."
"The Gan Jiang and Mo Xie you know are typical characters of these two families."
Ying Zheng murmured to himself: "So that's it..."
Ji Fa continued: "Later, the men who were not qualified to inherit the Mo family's ancestral business gradually became independent and changed their name to the Mo family."
"In order to hide themselves easily, the Ou and Mo families chose a deep mountain near the seaside in the south of the Yangtze River as their foundation. At that time, this place belonged to the country of Yue, which was not prosperous in population."
"The clan of the Yue Kingdom has the surname Si. Like your surname Ying, we are also descendants of the Yellow Emperor."
Ying Zheng knew this very well. Since Emperor Huang and Emperor Yan created the concept of "surname", in addition to the two surnames Ji and Jiang, there are six other common surnames, which also have the inheritance rights of Yan and Huang. The surnames Si and Ying are both one of them.
Ji Fa went on to narrate: "Later, the national power of the Yue Kingdom gradually developed, and I also wanted to find a suitable successor, so Gou Jian came into my eyes."
"He is smart and studious, has a tenacious character, and has a heart that loves people and values talents."
"Later, I enabled Ou Yezi and ordered him to make swords for Gou Jian's father Yunchang, hoping to further strengthen the military power of Yue and lay a solid foundation for Gou Jian."
"But I made a miscalculation. I only sent Ou Yezi, but I didn't send a wise man to assist them."
"As a result, Yunchang only pursued the casting of the emperor's sword and did not pay attention to the creation of military weapons."
"It's like the difference between the Xuanyuan Sword and 'my weapon'. No matter how sharp and powerful the Xuanyuan Sword is, it can't stand up to thousands of troops."
"Later, like Yuchang, Zhanlu, and Jique
After the emergence of these famous swords, they became famous and caused fatal disasters. "
"At that time, King Helu of Wu had just defeated the Chu State and was gaining momentum, so he attacked the Yue State in one fell swoop, killed Yunchang, and took away Ou Yezi and all the famous swords."
"Had Wu Zixu not begged for mercy, Gou Jian would have died. But Yue's national power has been severely damaged, and there is almost no hope of recovery."
Ying Zheng knew this period of history very well, but he never expected that the direct trigger was Ou Yezi and those famous swords.
Yes, no emperor would want to own a fine famous sword. Even I, after getting the Xuanyuan Sword, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep for several nights.
Ji Fa took a sip of water and continued: "At that time, Gou Jian refused to admit defeat, so I also sent Fan Li to his side. After some preparations, he defeated the Wu army and killed the arrogant He Lu, but at the same time he also attracted Fu Cha. He took violent revenge and was finally caught in the state of Wu."
"Although the story of working hard and enduring hardships is inspiring, the hardships involved are unimaginable by ordinary people."
"It is precisely for this reason that his heart was filled with humiliation and hatred. He finally defeated Fu Cha and destroyed the Wu Kingdom in one fell swoop. However, he did not treat the people of Wu kindly, but vented the resentment in his heart wantonly."
"It was originally a struggle for power among the powerful, but it harmed the people. Instead of restraining himself, Gou Jian punished the kind words and advice. In the final analysis, it was me who harmed the innocent people."
Speaking of this, Ji Fa's pupils flashed with pain.
Ying Zheng quickly comforted him: "As the world is unpredictable, how can one predict the changes in a person's character, but the targets of venting anger should never be innocent people."
Ji Fa looked at him with approval, nodded, and continued: "So, seeing that it was difficult for this son to take on the big responsibility, I gave up the original plan and asked Fan Li to leave the country of Yue."
"Because I was angry, I didn't look for another candidate, and Fan Li stopped participating in politics. Instead, he used business to help the people of Li."
"Haha, I know this." Ying Zheng continued, "Later, he squandered his family wealth several times, but he was able to make a comeback. It was really admirable, so later generations of merchants regarded him as a business saint."
Ji Fa said with a little pride: "Yes, the people I train can't go wrong."
Ying Zheng: "..."
Mingming said just now that he had taken a wrong look at Gou Jian.
Ji Fa sighed softly and said, "So after the Wu-Yue war, I no longer rushed to find candidates, but laid out a complete plan."
"If it hadn't been for Taigong's order not to allow the Lu family of Qi to take over the throne, I wouldn't be so troubled, so I simply used Taigong's ancestral order to ask Lu to hand over the royal power of Qi to Tian, and then dispersed to various places, waiting for specific plans start."
Ying Zheng joked: "Haha, I am the specific plan."
From the design of his birth, to his father's fight for the throne of the King of Qin, to Lu Buwei's destruction of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the robbery of Jiuding, Ying Zheng had long known these links from Lu Buwei's mouth.
"Yeah..." Ji Fa looked at Ying Zheng and said, "I'm getting older and I really can't afford to wait."
Ying Zheng: "..."
From these words, I always feel that Ji Fa's arrangements for him were mostly out of helplessness.
In fact, this is understandable. After all, Ji Fa has tried and failed, but now there is no room for failure.
If Gou Jian had not lost himself at that time, perhaps it was Yue who unified China.
Then the entire history of China will be completely rewritten, and the task of repairing the dragon veins and creating a new era will not be Ying Zheng's turn.
Human hearts are impermanent, and world affairs are also impermanent. Only those who put the people as their top priority can shoulder the heavy responsibility of saving the world.
