A steady stream of bullock carts arrived, and countless ores were pulled over. →+?八→.?八**Read??Books,.↓.o≥When the last thousand cars of gold arrived, the gold shone brightly in the sun, blinding many people's eyes.
A thousand carloads of gold, what is this concept? Many courtiers feel that the world is a little crazy.
Gongsun Cheng suddenly muttered in a low voice: "I don't know if it's true or not. Maybe, this was bought from the Central Plains and pretended to be shipped from outside the customs. It's not like I have never done this kind of thing before."
As soon as this statement came out, the courtiers were stunned.
Li Shui was furious and grabbed Gongsun Cheng's clothes: "Let's go, come with me and take a look."
Gongsun Cheng was staggered by Li Shui: "Go down, what do you think? Can I still recognize where the gold comes from?"
Li Shui said: "I will take you to the Northland and let you see with your own eyes the gold mines of our Daqin."
When Gongsun Cheng heard that he was going to the North, he was immediately confused. If I go to the bitter cold land in the north, can I come back alive with my old bones?
Li Shui refused to give up and must take Gongsun Cheng to the north on the spot. Chunyu Yue couldn't stand it anymore, and said helplessly: "Exiled Immortal, Gongsun Cheng made a mistake for a moment, why are you holding back?"
Li Shui said: "This is not a momentary gaffe, it is clearly a deliberate frame-up. What evidence does he have? Why does he say that my gold and silver are fake?"
Gongsun Cheng hugged a pillar and said with a grimace: "I made a mistake for a moment. I will forgive you for banishing the immortal."
Li Shui chuckled: "That's all, I am too magnanimous to argue with you."
The courtiers were a little helpless: Is this still magnanimous?
After Li Shui released Gongsun Cheng, he turned around and saluted Ying Zheng and said: "Your Majesty, from now on, our Great Qin will have a steady stream of iron and bronze wares. We can make weapons, farm tools, iron pots... we can." He said, Your Majesty, you don’t need to worry about farming and war in the future.”
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and looked at the long line of ox carts outside with emotion.
Li Shui turned around again and said to Gongsun Cheng with a smile: "In this way, the expedition to the north has become profitable. Not only profitable, but also a huge profit. In the future, countless poor people will go there Gold mining in the north. In less than ten years, the land of the Xiongnu will completely become the land of our Great Qin."
"In this way, the Great Wall does not need to be repaired, and Lord Gongsun can continue to eat vegetarian food in his corpse position and become a peaceful courtier."
Shame, shame and humiliation.
Gongsun Cheng shouted: "I am no longer alive."
He clung to the city wall with both hands, preparing to jump off. But he also knew that whether it was because of old age or something else, Gongsun Cheng could not climb over the low wall in front of his chest.
After finally putting a leg up, two Confucian scholars ran over and grabbed Gongsun Cheng.
After Gongsun Cheng was stopped, he screamed even louder. Until Ying Zheng shouted: "Shut up."
Gongsun Cheng finally shut up, with a look of regret on his face that he could not commit suicide to save his life.
By this time, the convoy had passed. They did not enter Xianyang City, they just circled around and then went to Shangjun Courtyard in a mighty manner.
Some courtiers whispered among themselves and began to question why the convoy went to Shang Jun's Courtyard.
Li Shui coughed dryly and took out a large stack of documents: "It is clearly written here that the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the alchemists will be taken care of by Shangjun Courtyard, and all the profits earned will belong to Shangjun Courtyard."
The courtiers were stunned: "Master Huai, you want to monopolize so much wealth by yourself? You..."
They didn't say anything else, because everyone felt that this was a recipe for disaster. ⊕八⊕八⊕Read ⊕, .◇.o≮ However, Lishui committed suicide. They thought it was fine and there was no need to remind him.
But then, Li Shui handed over the document and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, what I am today is entirely due to your Majesty's reward. In the final analysis, these wealth should be your Majesty's. The mineral deposits obtained will be counted at Shang Jun's Courtyard. After it is completed, it will be returned to His Majesty soon."
The courtiers were a little confused: "Is this still possible? Isn't the price too high for flattering someone like this?"
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction, but he said: "I haven't seen these gold and silver yet. Huaiguzi, you have made such a huge contribution to the expansion of the territory of our Great Qin. These gold and silver should be regarded as Give it to you."
Li Shui burst into tears of gratitude and thanked him again and again.
The courtiers reacted for a long time without turning around: the gold and silver remained untouched. Huaiguzi and Your Majesty, one uses him to express loyalty, and the other uses it to express that meritorious deeds will be rewarded. They are all masters.
Suddenly another young eunuch on the city wall said, "Your Majesty, a group of people are coming towards the palace gate."
Everyone looked over there and saw that there were about hundreds of people walking towards the palace gate.
Li Shui introduced: "Your Majesty, these are the alchemists who went to the north. Those in front are all meritorious people who discovered the mineral deposits. They wear medals."
Hearing this, the courtiers all looked in that direction. They found that the medals on the chests of the alchemists shone brightly in the sun, as if they were not brass but gold.
Li Shui added: "The one who walked in the front was a man named Xiang... Xiang... by the way, a man named Jing Bao. This man was the younger brother of Jing Fu, a powerful man in Guandong. This time he discovered a big gold mine. Outstanding meritorious service.”
The courtiers looked over and found that the medal in Xiang Bo's neck was five or six times larger than others. The piece of copper probably weighed ten kilograms, and it made Uncle Xiang miserable.
In addition, there is a pennant hanging inside his neck. It's very eye-catching.
Ying Zheng nodded and said with emotion: "The pillar of the country."
Li Shui suddenly shouted to the city: "Your Majesty praises Jing Bao, the pillar of the country."
The alchemist below immediately cast an envious look at Xiang Bo. And Xiang Bo was also full of energy. He straightened up hard and showed a energetic smile.
I felt like I was wearing medals along the way, it was really worth it.
Of course, it would be better if the order to banish the immortal was not to wear the medal when setting off, but to wear it when arriving at Xianyang City.
Ying Zheng said: "Open the palace gate, I want to see these warriors in person."
After a while, the palace door opened, and Ying Zheng led all the civil and military officials out.
Li Shui knew that Xiang Bo was a rebel. Allowing Ying Zheng to have such close contact with a rebel would definitely be a huge risk.
But Li Shui was sure that Ying Zheng would be fine. The reason was simple. Xiang Bo had walked thousands of miles with a bronze medal weighing more than ten kilograms around his neck. By now I was exhausted, and I didn't fall down. It was all supported by willpower. If he still has the strength to be an assassin, he will be evil.
Sure enough, Ying Zheng walked up to Xiang Bo and encouraged him a few words. Xiang Bo just expressed his gratitude with excitement and made no unnecessary moves.
After Ying Zheng walked over, Li Shui gave Xiang Bo a satisfied look, then patted him on the shoulder: "Do a good job."
At this moment, Xiang Bo couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground with a plop, unable to get up.
Ying Zheng looked at Xiang Bo with emotion and said, "Hurry up and tell the doctor."
Ying Zheng looked at the alchemists one by one and was filled with emotion.
He is very familiar with alchemists. After all, he has been recruiting alchemists and looking for immortals for many years. Those alchemists all have fair skin, handsome appearance, and are as graceful as immortals.
But the alchemist that Ying Zheng saw now was not like this.
The skin of these alchemists was chapped by the cold wind from the north, and each of their faces had an obvious look of weather.
They work in the mines all the time, and their hands get calluses and their bodies get tanned.
If it weren't for the contours of their faces and the unique handsomeness of alchemists, Ying Zheng would even suspect that they were simply a group of poor Guizhou leaders.
Ying Zheng looked at them with satisfaction and said with emotion: "Dongliang of Great Qin."
The alchemists all had tears in their eyes and saluted Ying Zheng in unison.
Months of hard work and the loss of not finding the fairy mountain were diluted a lot because of Ying Zheng's words: "The pillar of the country."
At this time, a warlock took out a huge map and said, "Your Majesty, this is the map of the Northland. If the Northland becomes unstable in the future, Your Majesty can march according to the map."
"It records in detail what mountains and rivers there are in the North, and where they are suitable for troop formations. And we followed Professor Ban Xian's method and used several kinds of paint to represent the height of the terrain."
"Purple is used for those above a thousand feet, red for those above five hundred feet, green for those above three hundred, and blue for those above one hundred feet. Flat land is colorless. This kind of map may be a little difficult to understand at first glance, but you can understand it. After that, you can use a map to know the entire terrain.”
Ying Zheng looked at it for a while and said quickly: "What you brought back is not a map, but my Great Qin's control of the northern land. I declare that from now on, the territory of the Huns will be included in my Great Qin's territory."
"Those Huns who are willing to surrender can come to our country, Daqin, change their surnames, change their clothes, and learn the language of the Central Plains. Those who are unwilling to surrender can leave within a time limit. Those who refuse to surrender and leave will be trapped and killed."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone present was filled with ambition.
Ying Zheng waved his hand again and said: "Give a banquet to these warriors. In a few days, I will also grant them titles based on their merit."
After hearing this, the alchemists were all excited.
There were some rumors among the group of alchemists that they were deceived by Lishui and sent to the far west to do hard labor.
But now, this rumor has been disproven. They suddenly realized that Banxian had given them an opportunity. An opportunity to rise to the top.
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That night, hundreds of people held a grand banquet. The purpose of the banquet was mainly to entertain the alchemists who finally returned to Xianyang. Many civil and military officials attended the banquet to accompany them.
As for Ying Zheng, he did not appear, but he specially gave him the royal wine.
When the courtiers and alchemists heard that His Majesty had sent the imperial wine, they were all delighted. When they opened the imperial wine and took a sip, they were stunned: Isn't this the immortal wine from the Exorcist Tower?
In fact, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with His Majesty using fairy wine as the royal wine.
But the courtiers felt that they had been tricked by Li Shui again. There are even some who are timid and fearful, and some who dare not drink. What if after drinking the wine, the banished immortal suddenly jumps out to collect the money?
The courtiers were very reserved, but the alchemists were in high spirits, drinking heavily and eating large pieces of meat. In fact, they also drank a lot of fairy wine in the North.
It's just that in that kind of place, the purpose of providing immortal wine is to keep out the cold, so the amount of drinking per person is strictly limited. Absolutely no drunkenness is allowed.
But today is different. The alchemists can drink as much as they want without getting drunk.
I don’t know who it was, but he sighed with emotion first: “We owe all our achievements today to the banished immortal.”
So the alchemists toasted Li Shui one after another, among them Xiang Bo was the most sincere. He raised his wine glass and said to Li Shui: "Exiled Immortal, if it weren't for you, where would Xiang Bo'an be today? Exiled Immortal, he is really an immortal, Xiang Bo'an is so impressed that he fell to the ground."
Li Shui looked at the excited Uncle Xiang and thought: Is this person conquered by me?
Li Shui was very confident in conquering Xiang Bo. After all, this guy had a criminal record. If you can tip off a scoundrel like Liu Bang, when you meet a sincere gentleman like yourself who is dedicated to serving the country, shouldn't you bow to him?
Li Shui patted Xiang Bo on the shoulder: "Do a good job."
Xiang Bo nodded seriously.
After returning that night, Xiang Bo wrote a letter to Xiang Liang, which praised the prosperity of Xianyang, wrote about Ying Zheng's grace and power, and described the magic of Sophora japonica and millet.
Finally, he advised Xiang Liang that the chance of success in treason is too low, so he should not do it.
This letter was naturally sent to Chudi through Jingfu.
Before sending it out, it was still shown to Li Shui. Li Shui laughed loudly, "This uncle is very good."
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A few days later, Xiang Bo's letter was delivered to Xiang Liang.
Xiang Liang glanced at it for a few times and put the letter down silently.
Xiang Yu, who was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, saw his uncle staggering out of the room. He quickly reached out to support him and asked with great concern: "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
Xiang Liang glanced at Xiang Yu and said in a hoarse voice: "Oranges grown in Huainan are called tangerines, and those grown in Huaibei are called tangerines."
Xiang Yu looked strange: "I know."
Xiang Liang added: "Xianyang City is too terrible. You must not go there, and don't send anyone there. Otherwise, it will become a serious problem for me, the Chu State."
Xiang Yu nodded.
Xiang Liang looked up to the sky and sighed: "From today on, Uncle Xiang... don't treat him as your uncle."
Xiang Yu was shocked and asked, "Why is this?"
Xiang Liang smiled bitterly: "When oranges grow in Huaibei, they become tangerines."
After he shouted this, he spat out a mouthful of blood with a pop.
Xiang Liang is ill, very seriously. Thousands of miles away in Xianyang, Li Shui was alive and kicking, and he was encouraging Xu Fu who was about to go on an expedition.
Xu Fu has trained fifty sailors. These fifty sailors all have rich experience at sea and are brave and good at fighting. Enough to protect yourself.
Xu Fu's mission was to go to Japan to explore the mineral deposits there. Once a silver mine was discovered, he would immediately order people to come back and report the news. Then, Lishui would send out a large force to take root there.
Establish a stronghold based on the silver mine. If everything goes well, within ten years, the Japanese state will become a county of Da Qin.
Xu Fu and his men wept goodbye to Li Shui and left Xianyang City in a carriage.
In fact, Li Shui should have sent them to the beach. But considering the fatigue of traveling and traveling in this era, it is easy for people to die. Li Shui gave up... After all, after sending you thousands of miles away, you will eventually have to say goodbye, so forget it.
After sending Xu Fu away, Li Shui went back to continue writing the memorial. It was time to punish Gongsun Cheng and others. 11 Go to Baidu to read the latest chapters of "I was a great hero in the Qin Dynasty" for free as soon as possible.
