Di Lun was a little silent. Years ago?
Years ago was considered a good time, but after all, he still wanted to see Ying Zheng as soon as possible.
The sooner he saw the First Emperor, the sooner he would feel at ease.
After all, the fate of the Shang State is now in the hands of the First Emperor. If the First Emperor can agree, the Shang State will have no rivals in the Yin Shang Continent.
Great Qin's cavalry can sweep across the countries on this continent. What difficulty is there in dealing with those uncivilized countries?
It's just that it comes casually.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and Xu Fu's eyes suddenly showed a little excitement.
At this time, apart from the First Emperor, the only person who could enter the palace or inn directly was Chen Ke.
Whether it was meeting Chen Ke or the First Emperor, it could relieve the current psychological pressure of King Shang.
He raised his head and looked over, stretching his neck as if to take in the outside world at a glance, like a wife looking forward to her husband's return.
Di Lun, who was next to him, was also a little surprised. Although he didn't know who would come at this time, he knew that Xu Fu must know something if he could be so excited.
Di Lun was not idle when he came to Da Qin. He learned about Da Qin's official system in detail.
At present, the identity of Xu Fu in front of him is "Exploration Order", and his official rank should be around the fourth or fifth rank.
And this status is definitely not low!
You know, under normal circumstances, what is the position of a county guard? How many county guards can Da Qin have?
Therefore, Di Lun knew that Xu Fu's status in Da Qin was not low.
In this case, the official position that can excite Xu Fu must be not low, or even higher, high enough to make him feel at ease.
And after he came to Daqin, the only person he saw who could make Xu Fu so excited was Chen Ke!
That Governor Chen, whether in the local government or in the central court, had a higher power position than Governor Chen.
Fengchang, County Bo, Governor.
No matter which one of these three identities is selected, he is the number one person in Daqin.
Among them, the one with the highest status should be Fengchang, because Fengchang is one of the Nine Qings, or even the head of the Nine Qings. Only the emperor and the three princes in the world can suppress Fengchang.
But Feng Chang usually has no real power, but Chen Ke is different. Chen Ke is not only Feng Chang, but also the governor.
The Governor is a real boss.
Therefore, when Di Lun saw Xu Fu's reaction, he briefly tidied up his clothes to make him look neater.
If it weren't for the fact that it was too late to change clothes now, and if Chen Ke was left waiting, it would only consume Chen Ke's goodwill towards him. Di Lun must have changed into a set of clean and grand clothes now.
This is what Chen Ke saw when he walked into the courtyard.
Xu Fu sat there with his neck stretched out in his direction, with hope in his eyes, while Di Lun sat there, upright, with a look of seriousness and hidden worry.
He laughed, and then said: "Did you two know that I was coming?"
"Why, just wait here."
Xu Fu chuckled: "I just heard the sound of footsteps. Apart from His Majesty, only Feng Chang can enter and exit directly here for the time being."
"Your Majesty is busy with New Year matters during this period, so I guessed that Feng Chang has arrived."
He looked at Di Lun beside him and said, "Feng Chang, King Shang has been waiting here for a long time. I wonder when I can see your majesty?"
Regarding Xu Fu's question, Chen Ke did not hesitate at all. He just walked forward and said thoughtfully: "I think the 26th of the twelfth lunar month is a good day."
He touched his chin and said: "There is a big event on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. Yu Bo can only get over it on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month."
"On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, it happened to be the Great Court Meeting, and that matter was over."
"In this way, His Majesty will be in a better mood when he sees King Shang. After all, that matter can be regarded as His Majesty's heartache?"
Heart disease?
A look flashed in Di Lun's eyes. What could be the concern of His Majesty the Emperor of Qin?
And Xu Fu's stay in Xianyang City these days was not in vain. He knew more or less about this matter.
Is it a clan matter?
However, this matter was not something he could interfere with, so he immediately quietly changed the subject: "I see."
He turned back, looked at King Shang and said, "King Shang, what do you think?"
Di Lun calculated the days in his mind and found that there was still less than half a month until the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, so there should be no problem.
In fact, he was not anxious to see the First Emperor, but there was no news, so he was a little worried.
Now that he could hear accurate information from Chen Ke's mouth, he felt much more relieved and stopped thinking about this matter.
"Of course there will be no problems here, Xiao Wang. Everything will be subject to Da Qin's arrangements."
Chen Ke sat there, drinking tea with a smile.
While casually chatting with Di Lun about the landforms of the Yin and Shang Continent, he was guiding something without leaving a trace.
When Di Lun saw Chen Ke like this, he had all kinds of thoughts in his heart.
Everyone said that the First Emperor was busy, so wouldn’t Governor Chen be too busy?
Governor Chen has many important responsibilities, and even most of the things that the First Emperor has been busy with recently have his shadow.
Is it that such a busy person took time out to see me just to chat with me for a few painless words?
Of course Di Lun couldn't think so, he was not an idiot.
It is impossible for an idiot to sit on the throne. Even if the Shang Kingdom has now moved to the Yin Shang Continent and has lost its former glory, not just anyone can sit on the throne.
So is there anything here that Governor Chen needs?
A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, and he thought of something and something.
He immediately looked at Chen Ke and said, "Governor, Xu Shiling told us before that Da Qin needs something from us?"
He smiled and said: "I heard Xu Shiling say a lot of new words, such as oil and coal mines."
"I don't know what these things are for, but I heard from Xu Shiling that we have a lot of them, and Da Qin also needs a lot of them."
Di Lun said with emotion: "And the Qin Dynasty is so powerful that it is willing to exchange these resources with us for other things. We are really grateful."
"It's just that there's no use in asking for these things."
He looked at Chen Ke tentatively and said, "In the original plan, Great Qin would leave us 30% of its resources. Xiao Wang feels that this is really too much."
"For Yin Shang, these things are really of little use."
"Except for those who must keep everything they have done and follow the footsteps of Da Qin, the rest don't know how to deal with it in the end."
"It will be sold to Da Qin in the end."
"I wonder if Governor Chen is interested in these?"
"If you are interested, 10% of Xiao Wang's share will be given to Governor Chen as a meeting gift."
Chen Ke looked at Di Lun, a smile flashed in his eyes.
This Shang King is not as simple as he seems. He has 10% of his resources as soon as he opens his mouth.
The meaning hidden in his words was also very obvious. 10% was given to Chen Ke for free, and the other 10% was sold to Chen Ke at an extremely low price.
This was the meeting gift that King Di Lun of Shang wanted to give to Chen Ke.
Chen Ke squinted his eyes slightly, with a slight smile on his face: "I say King Shang, do you know how important these resources are?"
He was not worried that after telling Di Lun the importance of this resource, Di Lun would regret cooperating with Great Qin.
Because he knew in his heart that those lands did not belong to the Shang State, and now the Shang State was almost in vain.
By sending troops to use Da Qin's weapons and forces, what they captured was not their own territory, and what they were selling was not their own territory's resources.
Telling the Shang King the importance of these resources can also act as a deterrent.
These resources are so important, and Da Qin is bound to get them. Do you dare to embezzle them?
Di Lun's expression looked very calm, and he said directly and neatly: "Xiao Wang doesn't know what the oil and coal mines do."
"But Xiao Wang knows that this thing is very useful, otherwise Da Qin would never be willing to do this deal with Yin Shang."
At this time, Di Lun was not prepared to hide anything from Chen Ke. He knew that Chen Ke knew that he was pretending to be a white wolf.
"When Governor Chen was chatting with me just now, he was very familiar with all the customs and geography of the Yin and Shang Continent, so he must also be familiar with our lost Shang Kingdom."
He glanced at Xu Fu, who was sitting beside him, with a slight smile on his face, as warm as the spring breeze.
"Even if Xu Shiling doesn't tell you, you should know that those things do not exist in the territory of Shang State, and those places are not the territory of Shang State."
"I don't want to leave an image of greed in Governor Chen's mind, so I am willing to give up part of these benefits to Governor Chen."
He sighed and said: "Now the Shang Kingdom is facing huge dangers, and interests are already a thing that will be considered later."
"I cannot be the king of this subjugated country."
Di Lun looked at Chen Ke and said, "What's more, there will be those resources in the Shang Kingdom's territory."
There was understanding in his eyes, as if he wasn't worried about anything at all.
"You are actually merciful to Shang State. Otherwise, you could directly control Shang State, or explore the resources in Shang State's territory and then trade them."
"Since you kept your hand, why don't I come down this step?"
Di Lun's words were very sincere, and the expression on his face was pleading, gentle and slightly helpless.
In all foreign relations, weak states will never have any rights.
The only thing they can do is to gamble on the kindness of the big country and their own role in it.
This is something that has never changed since ancient times.
Looking at Di Lun who was so sincere, Chen Ke's tone was full of admiration. He liked smart people like this.
It’s also easy to talk to smart people.
Only this time, Di Lun guessed his thoughts wrongly.
He smiled and said: "I don't need these 20% resources, what I need is a territory."
Chen Ke lowered his head and said, "This territory is divided into the Shang Kingdom."
"You must also know that the Zhou Dynasty, which destroyed the Shang Dynasty, later implemented a system called enfeoffment."
"And all I wanted was something like that."
"I want to have a piece of land near Shang State. This land belongs to Shang State in name, but in fact it belongs to me."
"how?"
Chen Ke didn't know what he was doing, but he had this idea on a whim.
Want a piece of overseas land.
His eyes looked through the mountains and the countless voids to the place in the distance that could no longer be seen.
Di Lun was stunned for a moment, and then said instantly: "Of course!"
"After returning this time, I want to learn from Da Qin's system and establish a county system."
"If you include the resources that Xu Shiling explored before, the Shang Kingdom has more than forty counties in total. I am willing to give you the fiefdom of ten counties for your country."
"how?"
Ten counties?
Xu Fu, who knew how big the ten counties of the Shang Kingdom were, was momentarily surprised. He looked at Chen Ke, then at Di Lun, and finally decided to be deaf and mute.
Just listened silently.
Chen Ke looked at Di Lun, and then said: "Ten counties...are already a quarter of your territory. Do you think you will not regret it in the future?"
Di Lun said directly and neatly: "Xiao Wang will never regret it."
"After he returns, Governor Chen can have people take over those ten counties at any time. Xiao Wang will definitely not stop him in any way."
Chen Ke nodded slightly: "Okay."
He stood up and looked at the setting sun in the distance.
In fact, Chen Ke didn't know what he wanted these ten counties for, let alone the use of an overseas place.
but......
After all, there is.
Thinking like this, he chuckled and shook his head: "The storms in recent days have been quite strong. You should stay far away and don't let the storm get you involved."
After saying that, Chen Ke walked towards the distance.
In the courtyard, the setting sun reflected the palace, and the withered yellow leaves were mixed with the cold east wind in the sky.
Di Lun let out a loud breath.
His heart finally settled in his stomach, so what if he paid ten counties?
You know, according to the current division of Daqin counties, their Shang Kingdom's territory is not forty at all, but fifteen.
Even after sending out ten, they still had fifteen left.
The white wolf with empty gloves trapped fifteen counties, how could he not be happy?
But he was not proud, because he knew that the reason he was able to accomplish this was because Governor Chen had always acquiesced.
...........
street
The cold winter wind blows constantly, but even on such a winter day, there are vendors and children running on the streets.
In the past winter, children would not go out at all, because if they got cold, they would die.
This is no longer the case.
Even if you sweat all over, the temperature will not drop suddenly after returning home or after exercising.
This is a good thing.
........
Northern Xinjiang
Zhang Xilong looked at the big tent in front of him with a light expression.
He stepped into the big tent.
Keep moving forward.
