In the next few days, Ying Zheng was busy dealing with government affairs.
The laborers who came down from the Zheng Guo Canal still wanted to engage in engineering in order to earn more money to improve their homes, so Ying Zheng asked some of them to go to Shangjun to help Suolin and Qiang Hu build ships, and at the same time learn about water properties.
Several officials in Shu were corrupt and violated the law, but he also punished them.
All statistics of the court during the year must also be carefully checked, especially the financial situation.
When Ying Zheng first came to the throne, the court, under the leadership of Lu Buwei, opened many workshops and ranches directly under the royal family, and now they are running very well.
Several mineral deposits previously searched for the construction of royal tombs were also expanded in scale under the development of local state officials.
Grain harvests in various places are also increasing year by year. Now almost the entire Qin Dynasty has been replaced with second-generation grain seeds from the original grain varieties. The grain stocks in the national treasury are piled up to the brim. Lister has also built several more granaries in preparation for war. Use of time.
With food, iron tools, and war horses, we have the foundation for long-term warfare and the foundation for unification.
In the past few days, Ying Zheng ordered people to buy a lot of old tables, chairs, mattresses, pots, bowls, and needlework, and planned to take them to Beidi County and distribute them to the Jingjue tribe.
Then he sent some of the remaining laborers to the Northland to renovate houses, build bridges and pave roads for the Jingjue people.
Everything is ready, Northland County is about to welcome its new owner.
But before leaving Beijing again, Ying Zheng still had one place he needed to visit.
Lishan Royal Tomb.
Today, more than half of the royal tomb project has been completed, and all the required dense stones have been prepared. The alloy left over from the smelting of "My Tool" has also been reforged by the Ou family, forming pieces similar to scale armor. It will serve as a protective layer for the royal tomb in the future.
He came to the royal tomb just for a tour. What he really wanted to see was the second divine beast guarding here.
Since Yaizhen obtained the Earth Nirvana Bead, he has been adjusting his body and replenishing the damaged soul. Now his spirit is obviously stronger than before.
Ying Zheng brought several hollow balls made of bamboo for Little Nian to play with. At first, it was quite curious and fiddled with them with its paws. After a while, it was jumping up and down to play with the bamboo balls.
"Take it with you when you go to Jiuyou again." Yaizhen looked at Nian Beast as if he were his own child, his eyes full of love.
"Are you taking it to eat Xuanwu fruit?" Ying Zheng guessed its intention.
"Yes." Yazui replied, "You can only speak the animal language after eating the Xuanwu fruit, and you will be able to understand what it says."
Ying Zheng nodded: "I have heard from the leader of the Ice Phoenix Clan that all the mythical beasts and birds need to eat the Xuanwu Fruit to activate their divinity, otherwise they will be no different from ordinary snakes and insects. Speaking of which, the Xuanwu Fruit is also It’s so miraculous, I really don’t know who gave it to you.”
Ying Zheng pretended to be amazed, but in fact he was trying to come up with something to say.
I saw Yaizhen shaking his head: "I don't know much about it. I just remember that in a very distant legend, it was said that the original Dragon King accidentally found a strange fruit tree. After trying it, he became several times smarter and understood the five elements. Energy is more accessible.”
"Original Dragon Emperor?" This was the first time Ying Zheng heard this title.
"Yes, the Dragon Emperor is the master of the entire Tianlong Domain, and is the father of the current Dragon Emperor." Yazhen said.
Ying Zheng suddenly became interested and asked curiously: "Senior, the Dragon Emperor's father...is it very powerful? Where is it now?"
"The Dragon King is naturally powerful, but I have never seen it before. I was not yet alive at that time." Yazui said, "Of course it lives in the core of the Tianlong Domain."
Ji Fa once said that the vast star field controlled by the Dragon Clan is called the Tianlong Territory, and the planet under his feet is located on the edge of the Tianlong Territory galaxy.
"The core of Tianlong Domain...?" Ying Zheng murmured, "It must be far away from here, right?"
"It's indeed very far away," Yazui said. "It's so far away that it's just out of reach. I could probably run with all my strength for ten thousand years and still not see its shadow."
Ying Zheng continued to ask: "How did you get here at such a long distance?"
"Didn't I tell you, I didn't exist at that time." Yazhen said, "But according to legend, as early as the Cambrian Period, the Dragon Emperor made an ice ball and carried birds, beasts, fish and insects across the vast sky. Interstellar has come to its fiefdom. But I don’t know what the specific situation is.”
A huge cloud can actually fly among the stars?
Ying Zheng felt amazing just thinking about it.
"Is the ice mass still there?" he asked.
Yaizhen smiled and said: "Why are the questions you asked today so childish? The ice mass naturally turned into water, otherwise what would the birds and beasts drink?"
Ying Zheng stuck out his tongue, feeling that he had asked an idiot question.
"Well, senior, this time I went to Jingjue and I saw Taotie again. It told me something about Kunlun Mountain."
Immediately, he recounted the general conversation with Taotie.
"Hmph!" Yaizhen said coldly, "You have inherited so much love from me, but why don't you prepare a feast like that for me?"
Ying Zheng: "..."
Please clarify the focus of your attention, okay?
"Senior, you are so close. You can provide whatever you want to eat at any time. It's not like Taotie's. I may not be able to go there a few times in my life." Ying Zheng said, "What's more, there are many old and weak cattle and sheep there. , I couldn’t travel long distances at all, so I sold some and kept the rest for Taotie to enjoy.”
"That's true," said Yaizhen, "To put it bluntly, Taotie is really not as good as the nine of us. And in a few years, if the desert is covered with Jingjue, it will also have no good fruits to eat."
"Not only it, but also the people living there have no good fruits to eat." Ying Zheng said, "That's why I thought of asking it for advice on how to clean up the desert. I wonder, senior, what do you have to say about this matter?"
Yaizhen pondered for a moment and said: "When our nine divine beasts accepted the mission, we indeed heard that the Dragon Source Land located in the Kunlun Mountains had been almost restored by the envoys of the Gods with Fuxi and Nuwa. They would backfire. The excess energy was divided into three strands, forming three dragon veins."
"That's why the nine of us went to these three dragon veins respectively to protect the nine core fire eyes of these three dragon veins."
"But I heard that after the three dragon veins are repaired, the dragon source needs to be reinforced. As for the method... I don't know."
Yaizhen's statement is similar to Taotie's. It seems that the method to completely repair the dragon source is really not something that ordinary humans and dragons can solve.
Don’t forget about the well digger. If you want to solve the problem, the gods who have transformed the planet will have to come forward.
"What about those two fragments of the Mountain and Sea Map?" Ying Zheng asked.
Jizhen said: "When the Dragon Emperor sent us here, he just said that we should pay attention to see if there are any abnormal energy fluctuations. It may be that the fragments have fallen there, but after thousands of years, we haven't seen anything abnormal. Except for the earthquake during the Black Emperor."
Of course Ying Zheng knew that Black Emperor was eagerly sent by Yan Emperor to Jiuyou to stabilize the natural source of power because of the sudden earthquake and flood.
It is precisely for this reason that the Black Emperor did not actually inherit the title of "Earth Emperor" among the Five Emperors, but the Yellow Emperor, the fourth "Golden Emperor" directly inherited the throne.
"Then if I want to visit Kunlun Mountain, can Zhu Jiuyou help?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Of course." Yazui said, "It's just that there are no sacred beasts there to protect you, so you need to be extra careful."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask Master about this before I talk about it."
After bidding farewell to Yajue, he returned to Wangling, asked Ouping for a good sword, and then returned to Xianyang. The next day, everything was ready, and Ying Zheng led his team and headed towards Beidi County, pulling in a lot of goods.
At this time, Beidi County was extremely powerful.
Qiang Hu and Suolin led 50,000 new troops to build the Great Wall along the previously planned route, cutting mountains and logging, paving roads and building bridges.
The elite soldiers and civilians, escorted by Yu Tu, walked on the official road to Beidi County.
Thumb up had already introduced Ji Fa to Wu Chan, saying that he was the master of King Qin. Wu Chan was naturally very respectful and served him wholeheartedly along the way to show his respect for the younger generation.
Ji Fa also loved Wu Chan very much and often told him stories about Ying Zheng.
"You don't think he usually looks good, but he is actually lazy at heart. When I ask him to learn alchemy, he always does it perfunctory, either going here or there." Ji Fa complained a little exaggeratedly.
"Who says it isn't?" Wu Chan echoed, "Your Majesty, he is busy all day long and never stops for a moment. He doesn't even know that he has a little daughter who is almost two years old, let alone seen him."
Ji Fa looked at her thoughtfully.
It's okay if you don't tell him.
"Actually, you can't blame him. There are indeed too many things that need him to deal with." Ji Fa said, "Isn't it better now? You can see him at any time when you come to Daqin."
Wu Chan: "..."
Just now, he was blaming his beloved disciple. Why is he protecting his shortcomings now?
"How can we say that we can just see each other? This Beidi County is still a thousand miles away from Xianyang." Wu Chan said reluctantly, "Besides, he can only stay in Xianyang for a few days a year, and the sisters who want to come to the harem can't. There will be some resentment.”
Ji Fa knew that she was dissatisfied that Ying Zheng didn't even say hello in Jiayu, so she returned to Xianyang in a hurry. She originally wanted to take the lead and complain about Ying Zheng and block Wu Chan's mouth, but who knew that she would get worse.
"It's my fault..." Ji Fa sighed, "I'm old and can't walk anymore. I should be doing things for him, but I have to bear them all by myself. I can't accept my age."
Wu Chan was about to ask why he still took Ying Zheng around because he was old, but after all, he knew some secrets of Tiancheng. Knowing that there were some secrets that he would not be able to explain, so he changed his words: "Master, you should also take a rest. , if he is too busy in the future, I will complete the task for him."
"Hahaha..." Ji Fa laughed, "These words sound familiar. It seems that Hu Yu also said this."
"Sister Hu Yu?"
Ji Fa nodded and said: "Otherwise, Zheng'er is lazy. He doesn't have time to study the alchemy skills in the Yellow Emperor's Sutra, so I asked Hu Yu to bring a young apprentice to help me. That young apprentice named Xu Fu, I guess they are more capable than Zheng'er now."
Wu Chan covered his lips and smiled: "Since someone has learned how to make alchemy, then Master, please teach me how to do something else."
"Then how about learning to build the Great Wall?"
Wu Chan: "..."
This old man is not kind. They are also girls who are as beautiful as flowers. One of them learns to cure diseases and save lives, collect medicine and make elixirs, while the other learns to make stones and tiles, move bricks and mud.
The entire Jingjue clan has long been set in stone by Ying Zheng, and it seems they have no choice.
"Building the Great Wall is a once-and-for-all thing that can only be accomplished once and for all." Ji Fa said, "Most people really don't have this opportunity."
"Destiny." Wu Chan sighed, "Who told me to be born in Jingjue? I am destined not to be able to spin clothes, weave cloth, play the piano and paint like the Chinese women."
When he mentioned playing the piano, Ji Fa frowned and reminded: "Princess Nansu in the palace has passed away. It is best not to mention her often after you see her. Also, his grandmother has also passed away. According to Chinese etiquette , it’s best to go and pay homage.”
Wu Chan nodded in agreement.
Within a day, the team arrived at Beidi County.
Ying Zheng, who had also just arrived, waved his hand and defeated the entire clan and settled in the North!
