In the early morning, Linchen City was bustling with traffic.
The morning sun rises from the horizon, gradually driving away the darkness, and the soldiers and civilians begin a new day of business.
Zhao Hao walked out of the other courtyard, stretched, and walked to the bathroom.
This is the washroom specially built by Zhao Haote. It adopts a modern layout and has all kinds of washroom facilities except that there is no toilet.
Not long after, he finished washing and came outside. A gust of cool breeze hit him, and he felt refreshed.
"who!?"
Wu Ya, who was guarding the courtyard, suddenly let out a low drink.
Zhao Hao looked around and saw Princess Yingluo, who was more beautiful than flowers. He couldn't help but asked with confusion, "Princess came to me so early. Is there something urgent?"
Although he told Yingluo and Mu Kui in public yesterday that they could move around freely as long as they did not violate the iron laws of the Qin Dynasty, he still did not expect Yingluo to be so rude and to come to his residence without fear of strangers.
"Can't we come to see the young master if there is no urgent matter?" Yingluo smiled sweetly.
"Haha, that's not true. It's better to come early than to come by chance. I happen to have breakfast. If the princess doesn't have breakfast, you can have it with me!"
"What a coincidence, I came to have breakfast with you. Moreover, I made breakfast with my own hands and wanted to invite you to taste my Fujian and Yue cuisine!"
Sakura smiled and extended the invitation.
Zhao Hao's heart moved. He had never tasted the Fujian and Yue delicacies from more than two thousand years ago. He didn't know if there was any trace of Buddha jumping over the wall. So he raised his hand to signal Wuya not to worry, and then smiled and said: "Okay Ah, how dare you refuse the invitation from the beautiful lady, please invite the princess!"
Yingluo smiled, stepped forward, and took the initiative to pull Zhao Hao out of the courtyard.
Soon, they got on a carriage and drove towards the post house.
In the small space, bursts of fragrance floated. Zhao Hao sniffed his nose subconsciously and found that it was emanating from Princess Yingluo. He couldn't help but feel a little distraught.
Although Princess Yingluo never spoke, Zhao Hao's every move was in her eyes, and she was waiting for this effect, so she covered her mouth and chuckled: "Why are you blushing, young master? Am I beautiful?"
"If the princess wasn't beautiful, your brother wouldn't let you come and marry her."
Zhao Hao laughed and took a few breaths of air conditioning to relieve the hot atmosphere.
Don’t you want to convince me with the Central Plains culture? Why do you use a honey trap right from the start? Who can stand it so early in the morning?
"hehe."
Yingluo smiled noncommittally and said, "Young master always calls me princess, which is a bit too unfamiliar. You can just call me Yingluo."
"Okay, then I'm welcome."
As soon as Zhao Hao finished speaking, he was suddenly stunned and thought to himself why he agreed so readily. Didn't this draw her closer to him? sharp! sharp! She has mastered the essence of Central Plains culture, so be careful!
"What are you thinking about, Master?"
Princess Yingluo's charming eyes flashed with a cunning look.
Zhao Hao quickly made a fool of himself and said, "Oh, it's nothing. I'm just curious about what kind of delicacies you guys have in Fujian and Yue. To be honest, I like all kinds of delicacies the most!"
"Really? Master, do you like delicious food?"
"certainly!"
Zhao Hao said with a smile: "To be happy in life, you must have all the fun. Don't let the golden cup stand in the sky. Carpe diem is the true meaning of life. I have no other hobbies, but I am very interested in eating. I have basically tasted Baiyue delicacies. I’ve tried all of them, but I haven’t tried the food from Fujian, Vietnam and South Vietnam!”
Yingluo smiled and said: "Young Master is so nice to say. There are very few knowledgeable people in Fujian and Yue like you. However, as the Young Master said, enjoying yourself in time is the true meaning of life. Why do we have to start wars again and again? People can’t be happy?”
Zhao Hao smiled and said in his heart: Finally here, I knew you had no good intentions.
"Yingluo, does your name refer to a scene in Fujian where flowers fall?"
Zhao Hao smiled and changed the subject.
Yingluo smiled lightly, with a cheerful expression on her face: "Young Master is smart, I can't hide anything from you. Yes, in the Wuyi Mountains in my territory of Fujian, there is a wild flower called cherry blossom that grows on the trees. Every May and June, the cherry blossoms will fall with the wind, what a beautiful scene!”
It’s really cherry blossoms!
Unexpectedly, there were cherry blossoms in the land of China more than 2,000 years ago!
It seems that my little life is not as shameless as it is. I regard the cherry blossoms in my land of China as my own unique national flower.
Zhao Hao was secretly angry in his heart, but asked calmly: "Just now you said that war will make people unhappy, but have you ever thought about why I, the Qin Dynasty, went south?"
Yingluo hesitated for a moment, not knowing why Zhao Hao mentioned this issue. She blinked and said with a smile, "Why else? Isn't it because you want to rob our land?"
"well said!"
Zhao Hao nodded with approval and said: "Actually, no matter how high-sounding the superficial reasons are, the essence is the same, and I don't deny it."
"but."
As he spoke, he changed the topic and added: "Yingluo, have you ever thought about it, this is actually a historical necessity!"
"I asked you to use the culture of the Central Plains to convince me. Actually, I want you to understand the history of the Central Plains. Since ancient times, the land of the Central Plains has been nominally unified by Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasty. However, in fact, the area controlled by the monarch is less than a thousand miles in radius. There are many princes. , there will inevitably be a war!”
"This is the reason why the Central Plains is constantly in war!"
"The people longed for peace and happiness and called for an end to the war. But my father, in response to the call of the people for thousands of years, ended the war and powerfully unified the entire Central Plains together for the first time!"
"At this time, the world is stable and the people are happy, but at the same time they have lost their opponents, so Da Qin will turn its attention to the land of Baiyue."
"You may be thinking why the Qin Dynasty must conquer Baiyue. There are Xiongnu to the north, the Western Regions to the west, and the sea to the east. These can all divert attention;
In fact, these are all within Great Qin's blueprint of conquest, because they represent Great Qin's enterprising spirit! "
"Yingluo, if Minyue had the strength of Great Qin, with your brother Wang's enterprising spirit, would you give up on expanding the territory?"
"this"
Yingluo looked confused and didn't know how to answer Zhao Hao.
However, Zhao Hao did not wait for her answer, but said firmly:
"Only by conquering Baiyue, our great Qin will have no worries and can concentrate on dealing with the Xiongnu, the Western Regions, and even expand overseas. Therefore, it is imperative for Qin to destroy Baiyue. You don't have to be too attached to Minyue. This is the general trend! "
Ying Luo frowned, as if she still couldn't understand, and slowly said, "What the young master said is so profound. Ying Luo has never heard anyone say it before, and she never thought it was so profound. However, Ying Luo thinks you are right. , Brother Wang is indeed an enterprising person, he wants to unify Baiyue, but unfortunately we, Minyue, do not have that strength;
"However, is Great Qin determined to conquer Minyue because it is worried that Minyue will become a worry?"
"Yes."
Zhao Hao nodded regretfully, his eyes full of sympathy.
Yingluo was suddenly full of hope and asked tentatively: "Then I, Min Yue, promise to never go against Da Qin in the future. Can Da Qin let me, Min Yue, go?"
"cannot!"
Zhao Hao shook his head seriously and said seriously: "How can the princess guarantee that Minyue will never go against Da Qin? The princess is just a princess, not a king. Even if your brother Wang promises not to go against me and Da Qin, where are your brother's children?" , where is the minister?
Now that Min Yue is afraid of the strength of our Great Qin, they will naturally compromise, but what if Min Yue becomes stronger? If Minyue unifies Baiyue, their strength will surely rise to an all-time high. By then, the Minyue royal family will not want to go against me, the Qin Dynasty, and neither the Minyue army nor the people will agree, because human nature is greedy, and if you have peace and happiness, you will want Enjoy, want power.”
"Yingluo, you are a smart person, but you don't understand the human heart, and the human heart is sinister!"
"There is an old saying in the Central Plains: Only what is in its own hands is its own. If the Qin Dynasty has not conquered Minyue, it will never trust Minyue. The reason why I gave you the opportunity and told you so much is because I value it. You are sincere in serving the country and the people, but I still want to remind you that whether you are willing or not, war is inevitable, it is a historical necessity!"
Yingluo is not as familiar with history as Zhao Hao, and she has a deep understanding of the rules of war when looking at the overall situation. She is just an ordinary woman who is very smart and loves her country.
After listening to Zhao Hao's remarks, Yingluo became more and more confused. She couldn't think of anything to refute Zhao Hao in her mind. She couldn't help feeling anxious and tears streaming from her eyes.
"Hey, hey, why are you crying? I have to go to the inn later to eat the breakfast you made. When you cry, outsiders will think I did something to you!"
"Pfft."
Yingluo chuckled and said softly: "Who told you to bully me by saying a lot of words that I can't understand!"
"Well"
Zhao Hao twitched the corner of his mouth, always feeling that the tone was a bit ambiguous, and subconsciously moved his buttocks away from Yingluo.
He didn't want to fall into the other party's honey trap.
As if she saw Zhao Hao's thoughts, a smile appeared on Yingluo's pretty face, then turned into a determined expression, and suddenly shouted: "Stop!"
"Um?"
Zhao Hao was stunned and didn't react for a while.
But Wu Ya outside the carriage still stopped the carriage.
But Yingluo said again: "You win today, but I won't give up!"
After saying that, he opened the curtain directly and prepared to leave the carriage.
"Wait!"
Zhao Hao quickly stopped him and asked doubtfully, "Aren't we going to the post house for breakfast?"
"You bullied this princess, and you still want to eat the breakfast cooked by me. I'm dreaming! Giggle."
Yingluo rolled her eyes at Zhao Hao, then let out a silver bell-like laughter and walked away.
"."
Zhao Hao opened his mouth and was speechless for a while. This woman is a monkey in love, and she can fall out of love faster than flipping through a book.
"Hey, I didn't expect that I would be fooled one day. It's a pity that God has decreed that the demise of Minyue is an unstoppable historical trend. No matter how hard you try, it will be useless!"
At this moment, Wu Ya, who was sitting outside the carriage, smiled coldly: "But, it seems that this princess will not give up!"
"Um?"
Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, then quickly opened the car curtain, tilted his head and said, "Senior brother, you actually eavesdropped on our conversation?"
"Young master, don't blame me. I didn't want to eavesdrop at first, but at such a close distance, it's hard not to eavesdrop!"
Wuya raised his hands in a funny way.
Zhao Hao was amused: "Anyway, there's nothing you can't listen to. Just listen to it."
Wu Ya was also happy and said with a smile: "With your master's eloquence, if you give me a few more rounds, this lovely princess will definitely not be able to resist, that is."
"Just what?"
"She is so stubborn, she might do something unwise!"
"Don't worry, she won't be able to make waves!"
Zhao Hao said confidently.
Wu Ya winked and said, "Then senior brother, I would like to congratulate junior brother in advance."
"You!"
Zhao Hao pointed at Wuya in a funny way: "You usually look serious, why are you suddenly so unserious?"
Wuya pretended to be aggrieved and said: "Seeing that my junior brother is about to embrace the beauty, I am envious, senior brother!"
"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you. The more you talk, the more outrageous you are!"
Zhao Hao rolled his eyes at Wuya and said seriously: "Women will only affect the speed at which we draw our swords!"
"hehe."
Wuya smiled noncommittally and was about to say a few more words when he suddenly saw Chen Ping galloping towards him on horseback.
"Sir, the envoy from South Vietnam wants to see you. Your Majesty wants you to go back quickly!"
"South Vietnamese envoy?"
Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some confusion: "What are they doing here?"
"It seems that Lu Jia's head was sent to the King of Nanyue. The King of Nanyue was afraid that I, the Qin Dynasty, would send troops to conquer South Vietnam, so he sent a special envoy to negotiate a deal!"
"oh?"
Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows and said in a funny way: "We just came to Minyue for a marriage proposal, and now we have come to South Vietnam to discuss peace. Don't you say that South Vietnam is unruly? Why are you so timid all of a sudden?"
"It may be that the war between Fujian and Vietnam has spread to South Vietnam, or it may be an expedient measure. In short, the sincerity of South Vietnam is not small!" Chen Ping said with a smile.
Zhao Hao asked curiously: "What kind of sincerity? Could it be that South Vietnam also sent a princess?"
"The volunteer king of Nanyue only has two sons. The eldest son is named Quan Ang and the second son is named Fang Tai!"
"So, the volunteers delivered Fang Tai into our hands as a hostage?"
"Young master is wise!"
Chen Ping smiled and cupped his hands: "Mrs. Fang did follow the mission to Linchen City!"
"Ah!"
Zhao Hao snorted: "This King of Nanyue is very decisive!"
"Because of this, South Vietnam must be destroyed as soon as possible!"
"Oh? Why did you say that?"
"The ambition of a monarch who can easily give away his own son must not be underestimated!" Chen Ping narrowed his eyes and said, "If my guess is correct, South Vietnam should have learned about the marriage between Minyue and Great Qin!"
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Zhao Hao nodded in approval and said: "In that case, let's go back and meet with the South Vietnamese envoy for a while!"
"In addition, send someone to keep an eye on the post house to prevent her from doing anything outrageous!"
"I obey my orders!"
It didn't take long for Zhao Hao to arrive at the shogunate.
But he did not receive the South Vietnamese envoy immediately. Instead, he diverted to the backyard of the shogunate.
At this time, Ying Zheng had just woken up and was having breakfast.
"Father, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
As soon as Zhao Hao walked in, he walked to Ying Zheng with a smile.
Ying Zheng replied to him without raising his head: "Don't think that I don't know that you went out with that barbarian princess!"
"Oh, the news I told you has nothing to do with her!"
"Who does that have to do with?"
"Follow you!" Zhao Hao said with a playful smile: "Father should be interested in this good news!"
Ying Zheng frowned. He didn't know what kind of medicine Zhao Hao was selling in his gourd, so he uttered one word in a concise and concise manner: "Speak!"
Zhao Hao winked and said, "Father, do you still remember the enfeoffment of Baiyue?"
"Um?"
Ying Zheng was stunned: "What do you want to do?"
"The good news is that the South Vietnamese envoys and the Minyue envoys are here, and we can use a strategy to capture Baiyue without spending a single soldier!"
"Where's the bad news?"
"The bad news is that we, father and son, will have to bear some unpleasant notoriety."
"?"
A black question mark slowly appeared on Ying Zheng's forehead.
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