The group set foot on the concrete road again, crossed the iron bridge, and headed towards Afang Palace.
Shang Xin followed closely, always feeling that something should be reported, otherwise it would be deception. He could not bear the responsibility, but with His Majesty's distrustful eyes, would you believe him?
He had to wait until His Majesty arrived at Afang Palace.
After a few moments, the shadow of Afang Palace appeared in front of him. Shang Xin could no longer care so much and immediately whispered from behind: "Your Majesty, I didn't report anything about Afang Palace just now. It is necessary to report it now."
"What's the matter?" Ying Zheng did not stop walking and continued to move forward.
"Actually, Epang Palace has not renovated its old walls."
"What?" Ying Zheng suddenly turned around and stared coldly at Shang Xin, "What do you mean? The old walls of Epang Palace have not been renovated, and the ground has not been broken yet?"
Failure to renovate obviously means that no ground has been broken. How can the reconstruction be completed within three months if no ground has been broken? Li Zhao is trying to deceive you.
He suddenly became furious, waving his sleeves and scolding: "Li Zhaonai is teasing me. Is it possible that leaving 300,000 people here is just to confuse me?"
When Shang Xin heard this, he felt as if he had harmed Li Zhao invisibly again, and quickly explained: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood. Although the old walls were not renovated, they were all demolished."
"All demolished?" Ying Zheng became even more angry, "The palace I built with 300,000 corvees was actually demolished. What does Li Zhaoan want? I want to punish him."
Shang Xin wanted to kneel down when he heard this. The more he explained, the more Li Zhao was killed. He didn't want to! He quickly explained: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood again. I heard Xiao He say that the demolition was to better build a strong palace. General Li wants to build an unprecedented temple for Your Majesty."
"Shrine?"
Ying Zheng listened and softened his attitude slightly.
The shrine is his dream.
Since the unification, too many chores have made him unable to distinguish his origin, too much fatigue has made him dilute his original ambitions, and too ordinary daily life has made him lose the desire for hegemony. Therefore, a trace of ambition arose in his heart, and he wanted to compete with the sky. Only when you are high can you show your glory again.
Then, he had the wish of immortality. This was only one of the reasons. The second was in terms of action. He wanted to build a palace comparable to the palace in the sky. The palace of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, he wanted to make people Knowing that the place where he lives is undoubtedly the same as the god, he wants to let God know that he is an existence that is compared to God.
And Li Zhao wanted to build a shrine, which was exactly what he wanted.
The scowl faded, and a slight smile appeared.
"Very good, very good. Li Zhaoye knows me well."
Shang Xin patted his chest, secretly thinking that it was very dangerous, and it was too much to punish him now and then, but fortunately, he was able to calm down the emperor's anger.
"but"
However, the next sentence made Shang Xin's heart twitch again.
"Tear down the old walls and rebuild them again. How can it be completed within three months? Li Zhao is still deceiving the emperor."
The completion of the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine palaces within three months was completely impossible in the eyes of Ying Zheng. In fact, it was also completely impossible in the eyes of the Qin people. It was just nonsense. It should be noted that the initial construction of Afang Palace cost tens of millions of dollars. The year has not been completed.
"I guess the foundation is not yet complete!"
For such a big project, even if there are 300,000 people, it will take some time to lay the foundation.
Shang Xin said: "Your Majesty, the foundation has been completed, and the walls have been built now. I'm afraid it will take shape within February, and the nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine palaces will begin to take shape."
"What?" Ying Zheng was shocked when he heard this, and quickly turned back to stare at Shang Xin, trying to find out where he was lying, but Shang Xin was sincere and showed no signs of lying.
"The foundation is already established, but building a wall? How ridiculous."
Even if you can't see Shang Xin's intention to lie, you can't help but feel suspicious.
"Your Majesty, it's absolutely true. If you don't believe it, why don't you summon Xiao He and ask him?"
Xiao He is the chief construction officer of Afang Palace and knows the construction situation best.
"Why bother calling him? I can just look at it myself."
Ying Zheng ignored Shang Xin and turned around to walk away, this time much faster, tending to a trot.
Shang Xin hurriedly followed, not daring to slack off at all, but not worried. The wall was placed wherever it was, and there was no way it could be faked.
The group of people moved forward quickly and arrived in front of them in a short time. When they saw the original appearance of Afang Palace, Ying Zheng's expression became stiff for a moment and he was stunned on the spot.
Shang Xin was right. They built a fortification wall. The wall was square and square, even better than the buildings of Da Qin. Moreover, it was brightly colored, red and white, majestic and majestic, which was pleasing to see.
This is just a city wall. Within the city wall, you can actually see the heights of the palace. Its scale is already clear, and it is actually higher than the fortress wall.
"Isn't this rammed earth?"
Most of the city walls of Daqin were built with rammed earth. Of course, there were rocks seeping through, but it was not decisive. Just like the Great Wall, it was built by ramming clay.
"No!" Shang Xin was not idle during this period. In order to reassure the emperor, he often went to Afang Palace for a walk, and even asked Xiao He what he was doing to get a clearer understanding.
"The wall is made of red bricks, ash, and cement. It is extremely strong and comparable to the city wall of Shanglinyuan."
"It is actually comparable to the city wall of Shanglinyuan. Li Zhaozhen is very pleased with me."
He has seen the Shanglinyuan City Wall. Although it is not as thick as the Xianyang City Wall, it is extremely strong and cannot be moved even if the army presses it. This is incomparable to the Xianyang City Wall.
Even though tens of thousands of troops mounted artillery at that time, they could not shake it. It is not an exaggeration to say that such a city wall can be called a copper wall and an iron wall.
However, what he was concerned about was not these, but the speed of construction. In just ten days, it was unheard of to demolish the old walls and build to such an extent.
The next moment, Ying Zheng's face turned serious.
The laws of the Qin Dynasty were very strict, and everything was governed by laws. As a result, Qin people not only paid attention to efficiency but also needed quality in doing things, otherwise they would violate the law.
With such a construction speed, even with the efficiency of the Qin people, they would never be able to achieve this. There must be some falsehood in it.
"With manpower, even if we work day and night, we can't do this? Is Li Zhao cutting corners, or is Xiao He lax in his supervision? Shang Xin, can you supervise him?"
The attitude suddenly changed, which really shocked Shang Xin, but Shang Xin was not frightened by it. In fact, he had been inspecting during this period, and there was absolutely no suspicion of cutting corners or lax supervision, so he said: "Your Majesty. , I don’t think so, and why it’s so fast, it’s actually because General Li used a magical object.”
"Oh! What kind of fetish?" Ying Zheng became interested.
"It's a mixer, a soil compactor, a transport truck, etc.! These magical objects can increase the speed of construction dozens of times."
Shang Xin said without hesitation.
In fact, he was shocked when he saw these things. If Xiao He hadn't introduced them, he would have thought that Li Zhao had divine help. These things are simply unheard of and unseen.
Maybe, just because there is it in heaven.
"Improved by dozens of times? Is there such a divine thing in the world?" Ying Zheng looked a little dazed, but this statement was actually a bit outrageous.
"It is true. Your Majesty, you can go inside and see the magical place, and then you will know the authenticity."
"color!"
(End of chapter)
