The next day.
South Vietnam land.
South Vietnam!
In the royal city, in the royal palace.
The King of South Vietnam, who was dealing with frontline military and government affairs with his courtiers and nobles, suddenly received news that shocked him beyond measure.
"Report to your Majesty!"
The spies came to report: "On the southern coast, there is an army of the Qin Dynasty coming across the vast ocean in an extremely huge armored warship, which is dozens of feet tall!"
"Beheaded ten thousand of our South Vietnamese navy and destroyed countless warships."
"Countless fishermen and people in South Vietnam had to abandon their boats and flee for their lives in panic with their houses and land. Now tens of thousands of fishermen and people have wandered into other tribal cities and even the royal city..."
"What?!"
The King of Nanyue looked shocked.
Simply appalling.
However, some ministers in the court stood up and said with great confidence: "Our South Vietnam has a terrain advantage. It is difficult for Qin soldiers to adapt to such an environment with dense mountains and forests, swamps, warm and rainy weather, and dense poisonous insects and miasma!"
"I believe that we should take advantage of the environment and terrain to hunt down the Qin soldiers at the moment when they appear to be acclimatized!"
"Moreover, I have learned that the situation of the Qin soldiers is not optimistic. They only occupied the territory near the north of the South Vietnam Kingdom, but did not go deeper..."
South Vietnam.
Northern border.
Now it has been occupied by the Qin Empire.
Among the military camps.
The soldiers of Da Qin were restless and even in low spirits.
Day and night, mosquitoes were noisy around every night, making it impossible for them to sleep.
He even sucked their blood, became infected with the poison, and became sick.
Even if the Nanfeng Army captured the barbarians and formed a slave army to help, teaching how to expel insects and how to detoxify, it would still be difficult to solve the problem.
After all, they were born and raised in South Vietnam and have certain immunity.
Moreover, when the army gathers, it is inevitable that there are too many people, and there are not enough herbs.
"General, the empire's support supplies are here!"
The soldiers rushed into the commander's tent excitedly and eagerly reported.
"oh?!"
Meng Tian let out a light sigh.
He had long heard that among the supplies this time, there would be medicinal wine made by Ying Ziye, which could solve poisonous insects in South Vietnam, as well as poisoning and acclimatization problems caused by the warm climate.
He immediately stood up and ordered: "Come with me to have a look, distribute the medicinal wine quickly, and test the effect."
"promise!"
The soldiers responded respectfully.
Meng Tian immediately led the people out of the camp, went to the material reception area, and quickly ordered people to distribute them.
And he personally found some soldiers to observe.
The soldiers took a sip of the medicinal wine and smeared part of it on their bodies.
Sure enough, the insect repellent effect quickly started, and the mosquitoes buzzed around but no longer came close.
After half an hour, the original poisoning situation had eased a lot, and the fevered forehead had cooled down.
"General, this medicinal wine can indeed repel mosquitoes when applied to the body."
Jiang Shimen excitedly reported the usage situation and said, "In one more day, we can return to full strength."
"Um!"
Meng Tian nodded slightly, while continuing to observe the situation of the army.
Finally, it was determined that drinking the medicinal wine would detoxify within half an hour.
And smearing it on the body can keep you from being bitten by poisonous insects for twelve hours!
Medicinal wine is not consumed very quickly. A jar of medicinal wine can last a soldier nearly two months.
at the same time.
South Vietnam.
Southern seas!
Wang Ben has led his men to capture dozens of tribes and two cities.
The captured South Vietnamese soldiers and people were young and strong. Under the suppression of the Qin soldiers, they cut mountains and stones and dug wide rivers...
"Fuck me faster!"
"You can only eat after you finish working. Don't be lazy."
"Well, good job, I'll promote you to supervisor!"
The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty held a sword in one hand and whipped out a riding whip with the other hand, beating the South Vietnamese prisoners.
Bang, bang!
The South Vietnamese prisoners were waving sweat, holding chisels and sledgehammers, and constantly opening up rivers and mountain roads.
At the same time, there were also captives who were favored by the Qin generals and promoted to doglegs to use barbarians to control barbarians.
These barbarian overseers often treated their compatriots more cruelly than the Qin soldiers.
From the time the sun appears, to the time it sets!
Hundreds of prisoners died every day because of their work.
The path forward of the Great Qin Empire was forged with the bones of South Vietnamese soldiers and young men.
You can directly enter the interior of South Vietnam in less than three months!
At the same time, a team of elite military warriors were dispatched to inform Meng Tian and others of the news.
South Vietnam.
Northern border.
"General Wang Ben has crossed the sea and reached the rear of Nanyue?!"
Meng Tian and Bai Ying were really shocked when they heard the news.
When did the imperial warships have such sailing capabilities and were equipped with iron armor?
However, when I heard that the warships were all improved under the coordination and production of Ying Ziye, I was not surprised.
"Eighth Young Master not only has fantastic ideas and unbridled imagination, but he also has many skilled craftsmen under his command!"
Meng Tian sighed: "But it's really normal."
After Wang Jian got the news, he was also very relieved: "My son Wang Ben has done a really good job."
"Hahaha!"
The Great Qin Empire.
Hanzhong County.
In the county town.
While wandering around the mountains and rivers here, Ji Bu was playing on the street when he was suddenly blocked by someone.
The other party's cultivation is strong, but not as good as him.
Ji Bu didn't say anything, he just took a detour and walked aside.
However, the man changed his position and stopped him.
"Brother, stay out of the way!"
Ji Bu did not give in this time and looked at the other party with cold eyes.
"Brother, my young master asked me to give this to you and said that you can go to Xianyang to find him."
The man took out a golden flower and smiled lightly.
It is the members of Counter Quicksand!
After many days of searching, I found Ji Bu's information and came to convey it.
Ji Bu stretched out his hand to take the golden flower, but his expression changed when he heard the word "Xianyang".
At the same time, there is also an answer to who used the token.
"I understand, tell Eighth Young Master, I will visit the mansion in three days!"
Ji Bu looked solemn and spoke.
"good!"
The members of Niqulisha responded lightly and then disappeared into the crowd.
"Eighth Young Master..."
Ji Bu stared at the golden flower with deep eyes, and there was a wave of emotion in his heart.
Since the last time he was persuaded by Ying Ziye's words, Ji Bu traveled around the world and witnessed that what he said was not false, but the real truth.
Most of the people have little interest in recovering the Six Kingdoms.
Maybe some people are from poor families, but they can survive.
It's better than the Seven Kingdoms period, at least you don't have to worry about it every day, and the war will endanger you.
Only the princes and nobles have been thinking about the restoration of the Six Kingdoms.
Originally, they enjoyed endless glory and wealth, but because the Qin Empire destroyed the country, they lost their original fiefdom, power and wealth!
It was precisely because of this that Ji Bu had no more thoughts about recovering Chu.
Now the Great Qin Empire has also carried out reforms, transferring the taxes originally paid by ordinary farmers to merchants, and giving preferential treatment to ordinary farmers, maternity subsidies and rewards, etc.!
It also promoted the use of tools such as curved shaft plows to improve people's work, and purified salt-making technology to reduce the costs of people's daily lives.
Already more and more people are well fed, clothed and warm, and have given birth to many children...
Then drag the common people into the flames of war and let them die for the ambitions and desires of the powerful. Ji Bu thought he couldn't do it!
"Why should the common people sacrifice their lives to fight for the powerful?"
Ji Bu was thinking in confusion, took a deep breath of cold air, and looked in the direction of Xianyang.
A few days later!
People began to hang up peach charms in every household.
Peach charms are made of peach wood, with runes carved on them, which are used to drive away ghosts and suppress evil spirits.
Xianyang City.
Eighth Young Master's Mansion!
There are two peach charms hanging on the door, and a red lantern shines high above the door.
At the door, the sweeping monk and Jianjiu were sweeping away the snow.
Ji Bu, wearing a black cloak and with a few snowflakes in his hair, arrived at the door of the mansion.
"Two old men, I was invited to come here to meet the Eighth Young Master!"
Ji Bu said respectfully.
"go in."
Jian Jiu smiled and said, "Young Master is waiting for you in the mansion."
Ji Bu nodded and walked straight into the palace gate.
Under the guidance of the servants in the mansion, we moved forward.
In the hall.
Ying Ziye and Hou Qing sat opposite each other, eating, drinking, and talking about interesting things from all over the world.
"Eighth Young Master!"
Ji Bu walked into the room and bowed his hands.
"sit!"
Ying Ziye pointed to the seat next to him.
Ji Bu was not polite and sat down directly.
"I didn't expect that your Excellency actually came."
Ying Ziye laughed softly and said, "Come, let's have a drink together!"
As he spoke, he poured a glass of hot wine for Ji Bu.
Hou Qing and others also raised their glasses.
"Thank you!"
Ji Bu didn't refuse. After a few glasses of hot wine, he felt warm all over his body.
"Since I promised the Eighth Young Master, I will not break my promise no matter what!"
"Ha ha!"
Ying Ziye smiled heartily and praised: "It's really a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold."
"I wonder how you are living these days. Do you still have thoughts about restoring the country?"
Ying Ziye asked inadvertently, looking at Ji Bu calmly.
Ji Bu let out a long sigh and smiled bitterly: "I ignored the people's thoughts before, but now it seems that what Eighth Young Master said is correct."
"I wonder why the Eighth Young Master came here looking for me?"
Ying Ziye didn't hide anything, and simply said: "Although you have no more thoughts of restoring the country, the remaining princes and nobles of the Six Kingdoms have always been thinking about it!"
"My master wants you to go to the Chu rebels and collect intelligence for me."
The words fell quietly.
Ji Bu was startled when he heard this and lowered his hand holding the wine glass.
"this……"
Ji Bu hesitated and refused: "Eighth Young Master, let's do something else."
Although he has no idea of restoring the country, he does not want to be with those princes and nobles anymore.
But if he were allowed to do such an act of betraying Chu, he would not be able to do it.
"Ah!"
Ying Ziye smiled calmly and didn't get angry. He just said, "Is Ji Bu, who has made a huge promise, going to break his promise?"
A thousand pieces of gold and a promise!
It was Ji Bu's reputation and his code of conduct.
Invisibly, it is also a kind of constraint.
Ji Bu suddenly became embarrassed and frowned.
On one side is the motherland, on the other side is the promise!
But now that the Chu State has been destroyed, for the sake of peace for the people of the world, and for the sake of the people of the Chu State to avoid the flames of war...
When Ji Busi reached this point, he still agreed despite all the entanglements.
"I can do this for Eighth Young Master, but I will only deliver the information once!"
He spoke firmly, with a complex light flashing in his eyes.
"Can!"
Ying Ziye chuckled, nodded slightly and said, "That's enough."
"In that case, I'll take my leave!"
Ji Bu put down his wine glass and prepared to leave.
"do not!"
Ying Ziye waved his hand and said, "It's very cold out here. Let's drink some hot wine and eat meat together. It'll be quite refreshing."
However, Ji Bu still refused. He smiled bitterly and said, "I understand the Eighth Young Master's kindness, but there's no need for it!"
After that, he left directly.
