"There will be flooding soon. Who told you about this?"
In the Qin Palace, Ying Zheng dropped a piece on the chessboard.
Baitao thought for a moment, and the chess pieces gathered around him, "It's a plumber from South Korea. He told me personally. When he was in South Korea, he was also the commander-in-chief of flood control and flood prevention. What he said should be credible. Political Brother, you might as well ask someone to check it out."
"How did he meet you?"
"It was last time when Young Master Ying asked me to swim in the lake."
Baitao's attention was still on the chessboard, "Young Master Ying fell into the water, and he helped me fish him out. That's how we got to know each other. I went to the lake today and met him again. It's fate."
Ying Zheng's narrow eyes were like a calm lake, "Are you looking for him specifically?"
"Yes."
Baitao blurted out, "I was too depressed and you couldn't play with me, so I went to the Weishui River to find him. He even gave me a fish. It was such a big fish. I asked Rui'er to tell the kitchen to cook it. It's raining outside now." Yu, let’s drink warm fish soup in the house to satisfy our appetite.”
Ying Zheng hit the chessboard with a "snap", making a crisp jade sound.
Baitao looked up at him and happily ate two of his pieces.
"Hey, master, you taught your apprentice to starve to death. Look, you only taught me once, but I learned so quickly. I will beat you soon."
Ying Zheng pursed his lips: "You can't speak too early."
He threw away the chess piece, leaned over and gently pinched her chin.
"Well?"
Baitao thought to himself, could he stop playing if he loses?
Ying Zheng's fingertips traced the corners of her lips along the shape of her lips, like the teasing between lovers, and asked persistently, "Taotao, do you like him?"
Baitao bit his fingertip and said vaguely: "I don't like it."
How could I like him? I've only met him once or twice, so at most I don't dislike him.
He pulled back his hand slightly satisfied, "Yeah."
Ying Zheng said again, "He is also a promising man with real talents and learning. No matter which country he is from, as long as he is loyal to the Qin State, the Qin State will accept him regardless of past grudges. Taotao, you might as well bring him to me someday."
Baitao knew that plumbers were recruiting rare talents wherever they were, so only the old King Han was ignorant.
It makes sense for him to seek talents in this way, but for the policy of tiring Qin, she felt that it was better to intimidate He Li to avoid causing trouble.
After thinking about it for a few times, Baitao focused on the chessboard and agreed: "Okay, when I beat you this time, I will let him come to see you tomorrow."
Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh?"
His slender, jade-like fingertips blocked all her escape routes, "You beat me?"
Such a sharp and tricky chess move, but he played it with the grace of someone listening to the falling flowers.
If one ignores that the person he is playing against is Baitao, his chess-playing posture is indeed pleasing to the eye.
Baitao felt that her fox fur was a bit bald.
It was obviously a one-sided situation, but he managed to catch him feeling uneasy.
Why did he survive the desperate situation?
It's a dead end no matter what.
She angrily threw the chess piece into the chess box and said slyly: "Humph, there's no tomorrow. I'm not happy today. No one can sleep. Just wait, I'll go out of the palace to get him back."
After that, the little fox disappeared without a trace, fearing to look at the messy chessboard again.
Ying Zheng chuckled, holding the chess piece she threw, and continued the game with him.
*
Baitao grinded her teeth all the way, and picked up Zheng Guo who was still snoring in the water, and went to Xianyang Palace to meet him.
Before Zheng Guo, the goblin, could react, Baitao ran away and waited outside.
After the time of one stick of incense, Zheng Guo came out with his head bowed.
He tugged on his clothes and said to her: "You recommended me, and you just throw me over there? Why are you so unloyal?"
Baitao sat outside and blew in the wind for a while, and felt that if he lost, he should lose. Anyway, there was nothing to be ashamed of after losing so much.
She said perfunctorily, "Why should I get involved in national affairs? There are some things that the less you know about, the better. Besides, I am also a layman when it comes to water control. My eyesight is dark. I am not giving you room to play."
Seeing his languid look, Baitao leaned over and asked, "What's wrong? What did King Qin say to you? Why do you seem unhappy?"
"Nothing said."
Zheng Guodao said, "I was asked to be a casual plumber, but this time I asked a clerk named Li Si to assist me in water control. He probably didn't trust me."
Not only was Brother Zheng worried, Baitao himself was also worried about him, saying, "You are not from Qin, so it is normal for him to be worried about you, but I know you very well, and I will help you."
Zheng Guo: "Are you so proud?"
"well enough."
Baitao rolled her eyes and led him to her bedroom, "I'm living quite well in the mortal world now. I have food, clothing and other uses. What about you? What do you think of King Qin just now? What are you planning to do? Will you stay in Qin for a long time?"
Zheng Guo licked his mouth, "I feel hungry just looking at him."
With a "bang" sound, Baitao jumped up and gave him a hammer, "Do you hear if he is not allowed to eat? If you eat him, I will never end it with you."
Zheng Guo covered his head and said pitifully: "Yes, yes, I won't eat him."
"Hmph." Baitao tugged at the edge of his clothes, "Let's go, let's go, I asked people to cut down a lot of twigs, and I invite you to eat them."
As soon as he heard about the food, Zheng Guo couldn't cover his eyes or head, his eyes were bright, and he followed her carelessly.
Baitao took him back to the house. The long table was filled with fresh branches that she had asked the palace maid to cut before. The roots were cleaned and arranged neatly, exuding a faint fragrance.
Zheng Guo took three steps and two steps together, then picked up the branch and chewed it, "Click, click, click... click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click."
Bai Tao also picked up the branches and looked at them: "Why do you beavers like to eat branches? I just feel like I can't eat them. Otherwise, I won't be able to catch any prey one day, and I can survive just by eating branches."
"Crack, click, click." Zheng Guo's mouth was busy, one in his left hand and one in his right, and he said while chewing, "Of course we are different. I also think the meat is unpalatable. You foxes are not picky when it comes to beaver meat."
After speaking, Baitao gave him a cold look.
Zheng Guo also felt that he had said the wrong thing, so he covered his mouth, "You...you don't want to eat me, you, you, you, you are trying to lure the raccoon into the urn and catch the raccoon in the urn."
He said it again without stopping.
"belch."
He even burped.
Baitao sat beside the long desk and hummed: "If I wanted to eat you, I would have eaten you long ago. It is your turn to eat a lot of tree bark now."
Zheng Guo was immersed in his food. He held up a long branch with both hands and sniffed it vigorously, "This tastes good, camphor wood."
Then, "Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click."
Bai Tao heard that the fox's ears were getting big, "Can you please stop clicking, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click when you eat?"
Now Zheng Guo heard it, and his face, which was like a spring dawn flower, instantly withered, "But, but, chewing branches, no, you can't chirp."
Baitao: "...."
Baitao: "Then you serve under the King of Han, and you have been living in the mortal world for many years. Do you know how to chirp while eating?"
"Yes." He gnawed on the branch numbly, "When the King of Han entertained me, I just kept chewing my mouth while eating, which annoyed him, so he didn't like me. Most of the people who sent me to Qin this time were Because of this reason."
Baitao was stunned.
What a strange reason.
She said: "Flaws don't hide your faults. Brother Zheng won't dislike you anyway, right?"
"Really?"
Zheng Guo gnawed boldly and said vaguely, "If he really doesn't dislike me, then I will stay in Qin State. I will control the water and build canals for him. Anyway, I have already thought about it. The King of Han has already decided My heart is completely broken. Now that you are in Qin, you are your own monster anyway, so I plan to follow you in the future."
Bai Tao, who received the goblin brother for the first time, was secretly happy. She pulled two branches delicately and put them in his hands, "Eat, eat, you'll be satisfied."
"Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click..."
*
In less than half a month, the price of Wei fruits in Qin State really increased.
The Wei River is one of the nine rivers and the largest water in the Qin State.
Its tributaries are like the roots of a big tree and are firmly rooted in Qinchuan, an 800-mile stretch of Qin State.
Once waterlogging occurs, the consequences are unimaginable.
By simply rescuing the water in a timely manner, the officials of the Qin State worked together to plan for disaster prevention in the early stages of the flood, thus avoiding civilian casualties and property losses.
The Qin State was prone to waterlogging and waterlogging, and floods broke out frequently.
Logically speaking, flood control and irrigation projects should be built to eliminate flooding, but there are endless battles and small battles.
The Qin Dynasty finally made the emperor stronger than the sixth generation and had the financial resources to build projects, but he did not have the manpower. All the manpower was used for war conquest. Where would you find the people to build canals and divert water for you?
Regarding floods, the people of Lao Qin can only silently pray to God to open their eyes.
I thought I was going to give it up, but Zheng Guo's sudden talent in water control and his solid foundation made Qin officials' thoughts on building canals ablaze.
"Taotao, the talent you recommended to me this time is very good. I have promoted him to the governor-general. If he continues to be loyal to me, I will not treat him lightly."
After the morning court, Ying Zheng, dressed in a black royal robe with a ribbon, strode into Baitao's palace.
Baitao is competing with a group of palace maids to walk the bird.
Suddenly hearing the unannounced King Qin's arrival, the palace maids each held a bird in their hands, covered the bird's beak, fled in all directions, and hurriedly slipped out of the side door.
Baitao knew that brother Zheng hated to play with toys, but she was so used to playing with them that she couldn't get them back even if the gods came.
Now he quickly asked the remaining palace maids to clean the bird feathers, and then took the volume of "The Analects of Confucius" from another palace servant.
Start reading pretendingly.
"Isn't it right to learn and practice it over time? Isn't it nice to have friends from far away? Isn't it a gentleman to be surprised if you don't know?"
The charming girl is holding the scroll, her tassels are swaying, her face is as crystal clear as jade, and she is like a crescent moon, which makes people's hearts beat when they see it.
When Ying Zheng came in, he saw such a beautiful painting.
He dismissed the palace maid and smiled slightly, "Taotao has studied very hard, and she will be able to win the title of the most talented woman in Xianyang City in the future."
"Yes...right." Baitao said so hard that his tongue was tied.
"With such a wealth of knowledge and talents, she is not only the most talented woman in Xianyang City, but I think she will be able to surpass the sages Confucius and Mencius."
"Is...possible?"
"After you finish your studies, you will have to come up with more good strategies to stabilize the country. From now on, Qin's expansion to the east will depend entirely on Taotao."
"It makes...it can't be made."
A blush appeared on Bai Tao's cheeks, and she heard the teasing in his words, and threw the bamboo slip at his feet, "You can see it all, and you still make fun of me, you bastard!"
The corners of his lips were slightly curved, he picked up the bamboo slips and placed them in front of her, "Okay, okay, you can help me to secure the country without learning. This time, Taotao recommended Zheng Guo to reduce the losses caused by the flood. They all gave him a promotion, so I would like to ask what reward Taotao, the great hero of Qin State, wants."
Reward?
Baitao said: "I have everything and lack nothing. I don't want any rewards."
There was a smile on Ying Zheng's lips, "You are easily satisfied."
"That's not true." Baitao continued, "You can't be too greedy, right? I don't need to wear anything, and I don't eat much. I can support myself very well."
His smile froze inadvertently, "Taotao, you still don't regard Qin Palace as your home."
Call the Qin Palace your home?
How could a goblin take over the Qin Palace as his home...
Baitao thought.
She is a vixen who will eventually return to the mountains. She stayed with Brother Zheng this time just because she wanted to protect the Human Emperor for him.
Although she sincerely regards Brother Zheng as a friend, fairies are fairies and mortals are mortals, and we cannot reach the same destination through different paths.
Baitao's heart is like a mirror, and she always knows what she wants.
Ying Zheng leaned over to bully her. He was tall and mighty, and the girl just shrank completely in her arms. He looked at his full reflection in her eyes and felt at ease.
"Didn't I say that in everything, there are few people around? The place where there are few people around is the place you can rely on."
Baitao felt that he had some other meaning when he said this, and she felt that he was probably unhappy.
Then she pulled his sleeve and said, "I'm being supported by you now, and you've taught me a lot. I'm relying on you."
"Okay." He held her in his arms and hugged this elf-like girl, "As long as you don't leave."
Baitao still held the holy book compiled by Confucius in her hand, and let him hold it. She only blinked a few times and did not move anything else.
After a long time, he finally had enough hugs and felt satisfied, so he finally let her go.
Baitao opened his mouth: "Brother Zheng."
"Um."
He pressed his forehead against hers instead, and his brow bone, which was obviously so superior, was as sharp as a scabbard.
But the breath from the tip of his nose caressed his face gently, as soft as the warm spring sun.
Baitao felt that his behavior was becoming more and more abnormal, a bit like a male wolf in heat.
She used a bamboo slip to cover half of her peach blossom face, and said innocently: "Brother Zheng, I think you should disturb me from studying hard now."
The sacred words of Confucius written on the bamboo slips are extremely clear.
Ying Zheng: "...."
His long eyelashes fell down, and he was dressed in royal robes, which made him look cool and noble, but when he said it, he was a little arrogant, "Well, I will teach you how to practice calligraphy."
The little white peach fox who tried to hit his own feet with a stone said: "...?"
Spread the silk cloth and pour water to grind the ink.
Ying Zheng held Baitao on his knees, rested his sharp chin on the top of her hair, hugged her wrist with his big hands from behind, and wrote with a pen: "When the peach is young, its beauty is shining; when the son returns, it is appropriate." His family."
Baitao obediently held his hand and wrote, looking at the arrogance and unrulyness of each stroke that made him want to fly to the sky, thinking that his handwriting was not good-looking either.
Ying Zheng's thin lips brushed against her cheek, and his hot breath blew out with emotion.
"Taotao, we met in HD City when we were young. You saved me several times, and we ran away with you all night on snowy nights. We have been together for seven years now."
Baitao looked at the pool of ink dripping from the pen tip on the paper, and wanted to put a paw print on it.
After hearing what he had finished, he hurriedly said, "Well, I think it's been a long time since we realized it, and you've grown so big."
He said in a hoarse voice: "I have not yet reached the crown."
Baitao said: "You still have two years to go when you are twenty-two years old. You can't rush to grow older. You have to take your time."
"If you are a widower, you should marry a queen."
"What kind of queen does brother Zheng want to marry?" Baitao was also curious.
Ying Zheng looked at her with a deep look, "Of course I have to find someone I like."
"Then what kind of person do you want to find? Does it have to be good-looking? I heard people say that it doesn't matter what a wife looks like. Anyway, the eyes are darkened at night. If you want to find someone, look for someone with big breasts and a perky butt. That way you can have children. , I need to hold two of them in three years."
"..."
The charming atmosphere was interrupted instantly, and Ying Zheng hesitated to speak, "Who did you listen to say this?"
"I heard what people said. The merchants in Xianyang City, the husbands and soldiers, and the literati who refuse to pay, all say this."
Ying Zheng rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Listen less in the future..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the report from the chamberlain, "Your Majesty, Lord Chang'an has asked to see you again and is now making a big noise outside the palace."
He swallowed his words, put her down and sat down, and coaxed: "Practice your calligraphy obediently, I'll go take a look."
You have to practice to become a ghost.
Baitao took the brush in her hand and said softly: "Go ahead, go ahead."
After the people left, she threw away the pen and looked at the sixteen characters on the silk cloth in front of her, but read them out unconsciously.
"When the peach is born, its flowers are shining brightly; when the son returns, he will live in a suitable home..."
Well, bigger breasts and a curvier butt is a more polite way of putting it.
