"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's car is still thirty miles here, get ready."

With a loud shout, the knight on his horse commanded the people in the post booth, and then slapped his horse and went away.

"Quick, quick." The pavilion chief anxiously called out to his guards, cleaning the streets, cleaning up horse manure, for fear that there would be a mistake.

Daqin built galloping roads all over the country, as short as ten miles and as long as ten miles, and would build a post booth, which was used to transmit official documents in peacetime and military information in wartime.

And in this level, it's different. The land of Guanzhong is the base camp of the Qin State, and the scale and quantity of galloping road construction are much more perfect than those in other regions, and with the inflow of horses from the Western Regions and the northern grasslands, the quality of the war horses in Guanzhong has risen several grades, and most of the horses that were barely usable have been eliminated, and most of the horses that have been eliminated have flowed into these post booths.

With the smooth passage of the Silk Road, there were constantly Western merchants entering Guanzhong to trade goods and communicate with each other. And the place where these merchants settled was in these kiosks.

Therefore, for the post booths on the thousand-mile long road from Guanzhong to Wuchecheng and then to Zhaowu City, it is a little different from those in various parts of Kanto. First, with the use of horses, most of these post posts were changed into posts, and the distance between the post posts and the post posts was changed from the original ten li to the current thirty li. On the Silk Road, on the vast Gobi, there are even post posts for fifty miles and hundreds of miles. Second, all of these post posts were built to provide a rest for merchants, officials, and soldiers.

Before Ying Ziyi dominated the Western Regions, he took the lead in reforming the transportation system to Emperor Qin. And Emperor Qin was the first to decide to implement it in the land of Guanzhong. Over the years, thanks to the will of the Empire, this vast transportation system has been gradually improved. In addition, it is gradually being implemented between the big cities in the Kanto region.

"When a leaf falls, you know the autumn of the world." Outside the post post, an old man with white hair and long beard who looked like a muddy man looked at this hurried scene and sighed.

"Chu Nan's seniors, but why are you sighing?" On the side of Chu Nangong, there was a childish child who had not taken off his face, and there were strange blue-purple carvings on his face.

This old and the young, if they are grandchildren, but the elder is wearing a cloth robe, while the younger one is wearing a brocade robe. If these two people are masters and servants, the young man is very respectful to the old man, which makes people look very strange.

"The Yin and Yang family's trip to Shuzhong this time has suffered heavy losses. But in this level, it is more and more abundant. ”

Chu Nan skimmed the star soul, and the left protector of the Yin and Yang family smiled slightly, and he couldn't see anything abnormal.

Chu Nan ignored him and continued: "Guanzhong is undergoing great changes, and the world seems to be undergoing changes. At the beginning, on the night of starry night and fire, I don't know how many people couldn't sleep, but now they have grown into a big man who makes countless heroes in the world bow down. ”

"Senior Chu Nan, I would like to remind you below. That outlier is now the crown prince of the empire, and Chu Nan's predecessor, you, have also become a guest of the Yin and Yang family. If you say it politely, he is your master and mine. Although the Star Soul said this, there was no harsh meaning in his words.

"Really? That's right, that's right. The old man is old and confused. Chu Nangong smiled, and his face was suddenly enlightened.

Old fox. In the heart of the star soul, he scolded secretly.

"It's just that why is the Yin and Yang family in such a hurry to leave from this master who has made great achievements?" Chu Nan said confusedly.

"That's because, of course, there is a bigger master above this master. And that master is a person who can decide the fate of the world. After all, the crown prince and the son of heaven, although there is only a difference of one word, there is a world of difference. Look, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not agree to take the Fusang Shenmu and the three-legged golden crow away from Shushan. But when the Son of Heaven gave an order, didn't he have to obediently obey it? Star Soul said slowly, but his face was full of sarcasm.

"The mirage is a great project of the empire, and it embodies the heads of the Gongluo, Yinyang, Taoist, Mohist and other factions. The project is vast and complicated, and it has exceeded the extent that this earthly world and mundane things should be, and the Yin and Yang family even did not hesitate to spend a high price to invite the old man out of the mountain. Old decay is asking a question here that shouldn't be asked, what is the use of it? Chu Nangong asked.

"The elixir of life." Star Soul said lightly. After all, he didn't say it at the moment, with Chu Nangong's shrewdness, as long as he participated in the construction of the mirage, he was afraid that he would know about it sooner or later.

"Penglai, abbot, Yingzhou."

This old guy is really powerful, Star Soul said secretly. He just said a word of elixir, and the old man in front of him had already deduced the context of what happened next.

Ignoring the scheming in the heart of the Star Soul, Chu Nangong was also surprised in his heart at this time. Indeed, for an emperor, immortality is the greatest temptation, endless power, wealth, and femininity will make people want to stop. It seems that even Emperor Qin is no exception. When Chu Nanguo was young, he traveled to various places, and even read the classics hidden in the Zhou room. Most of the above records are the secret history anecdotes of the vassal states that were divided into feudal states from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the Warring States period. One of them is about the elixir of life. How many kings in the past, in order to pursue this immortality, have fallen at least and destroyed the country at worst, and there have even been kings who mistakenly ingested the pills of the priests and turned into terrible monsters. The reason why the Zhou Chamber recorded these is to warn future kings not to be superstitious about immortality.

It stands to reason that after Lü Buwei conquered the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, all the classics, decrees, pictures and texts of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom were moved back to Xianyang. With Emperor Qin's shrewdness, after reading this, would he still believe in the existence of immortality? Or did Emperor Qin's greed for immortality go so far as to ignore these terrible consequences?

"Didn't Prince Qin admonish Emperor Qin?" Chu Nangong had questions in his heart, and finally asked. Based on Chu Nangong's impression of Ying Ziyi, although the other party is a teenager, he should not be the kind of person who is superstitious about immortality.

Xing Soul smiled, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, his face was full of disdain, and said: "Senior Chu Nan thinks that how did we, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, get on the throne?" At the beginning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince strongly approved the construction of a mirage and searched for the elixir of life. Even, the purpose of this attack on Shushan is the same. ”

"Oh?" Things are getting more and more interesting, Chu Nangong said secretly in his heart. Chu Nangong is not like a star soul, has a paranoid personality, and has a prejudice against Ying Ziyi.

Chu Nangong once experienced the pain of the destruction of Chu Capital, and knew how powerful Ying Ziyi was. A few years after the death of the Chu State, the Duke of Chu Nan was in the mountains, reviewing every step of Yingziyi in the Chu State. He found that the young prince's every move often had a profound meaning.

In the long run, perhaps the vast majority of people in the world at that time could not see what the prince was doing, but after the fact, people were amazed by the subtlety of the strategy.

Chu Nangong didn't believe it at all, Ying Ziyi was the kind of person who would pursue immortality. Was it just to cater to Emperor Qin's preferences? What else should there be? Chu Nangong's heart was deeply vigilant.

"The construction of the mirage has reached a critical moment, and Emperor Qin has recalled the moon god. In the near future, my Yin and Yang family will rush to the East China Sea and preside over the construction of the mirage. Senior Chu Nan, you are also ready to prepare! ”

The voice of the star soul summoned the contemplative Chu Nan back to reality.

"The old man has a breeze on his sleeves, and he is alone, what else is there to prepare. The Yin and Yang family has a life, and the old man will definitely work. ”

Emperor Qin built the mirage for the elixir of life, but what was the Yin and Yang family for?

The autumn wind and leaves fell, and on the long road, the old man, supported by the star soul, walked slowly forward step by step with a cane, and such a question flashed in his heart

Qin Palace, the palace of the king.

Ying Ziyi stood in front of Brother Zheng's throne and bowed.

"Son-in-law, see father."

"Get up!" Brother Zheng said lightly, in his words, there was no sense of warmth when father and son reunited after a long absence.

"Thank you, father."

Under the ninth-order throne in front of the palace, a clear spring gushed out of the mouths of the two huge bronze beasts, pouring into a pool of clear water. The water level in the turquoise pool, however, remained motionless and remained at the same level. The palace of the Qin Emperor, whether it is the ventilation system or the drainage system, has been continuously repaired by the masters of the past dynasties, and is at the most advanced level in the world. In winter and summer, the temperature in this temple is constant. Staying here for a long time, the emperor's courtiers will not feel any discomfort in their bodies.

The water from the mouth of the bronze beast ceased to pour out, and the temple fell silent.

For a period of time just now, Emperor Qin didn't speak, and Ying Ziyi was the same.

"Ziyi!"

Kindness? Ying Ziyi was taken aback, in his impression, Emperor Qin had never spoken like this. Emperor Qin's tone was now like a father speaking to his son.

Kindness! It's a strange way to describe it, but it's true. Emperor Qin used to treat Ying Ziyi like a king, like an elder, or even like a stranger. But in Ying Ziyi's impression, Emperor Qin has never cared about him like a father.

Ying Ziyi felt awkward and a little uncomfortable, so she didn't answer for a while. For him, this Qin country, this cheap old man, and even this world, he has always regarded him as an outsider. But as Emperor Qin's voice of concern fell, Ying Ziyi felt that something was changing unconsciously.

"Are you sure?"

didn't wait for Ying Ziyi's answer, Brother Zheng didn't care, and continued to ask.

"Father is talking about the southern expedition to Baiyue?" Ying Ziyi pressed the awkwardness in her heart and said.

"That's right. As you said in the song, you must raise 100,000 troops and go deep into Xiou. ”

"Since Brother Fusu has already put forward the demotion table of Minyue and Ouyue, then Erchen, as the crown prince, naturally has to set an example."

Oh, my God! My brother is actually coquettish to Brother Zheng. In Ying Ziyi's heart, the self-esteem of being a villain is deeply guilty.

"Now is not the time to gasp." Brother Zheng looked at Ying Ziyi and chuckled: "Besides, what Fusu has done, can he really hide it from you?" ”

"Erchen doesn't dare."

No matter what, in front of Brother Zheng, Yingziyi is still pretending to be an ostrich. The emperor's mind is difficult to guess, one moment it is a gentle drizzle, and the next moment it may be a thunderstorm.

Ying Ziyi's attitude seemed to remind Brother Zheng. On the throne, Brother Zheng's body leaned back slightly, and his face returned to the indifference that an emperor should have.

For an emperor like Emperor Qin, perhaps father-son affection is also a rare luxury.

The episode of father and son's warmth just now, whether it is Brother Zheng or Ying Ziyi, is tacit. After that, the two did not mention it again

"Dongou in the West, South Vietnam, barren land. This time, it may be much more difficult than previous wars, are you really sure? ”

Brother Zheng asked again, but it was different from the previous time, and the majestic voice resounded through the hall, this time, it was an emperor who asked the courtiers.

"As my father said, Xiou and South Vietnam are all barren lands. Moreover, these two countries are different from Minyue and Ouyue. Not only did it not claim to be a state, but in a hundred years, it was even like the Hu people outside the Saiwai, which was a tribal alliance. There were twelve barbarian generals in South Vietnam, and they were honored by the Jun. There are thirty-six Yi kings in Xiou, headed by Xiou Jun and Song Song. Among them, the power of the Song Dynasty was much higher than that of the Junjun, and he faintly became the leader of the two places in the West Ou, South Vietnam, and commanded the Yue people and a large number of natives living in the place. These two places are separated by five mountains, which may be a moat for my imperial army, but for the Yue people who are accustomed to the wilderness, it is not a big obstacle. The Yue people are fierce, if my army of millions goes down to the hundreds, I am afraid that the Yue people would rather hide in the mountains and forests, and be in the company of birds and beasts, and I am afraid that they will not surrender to the empire. ”

The so-called barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, and the barbarians in this Baiyue land are different from those vassals of the six countries of Kwantung. They originally lived in a barren land, making a living from fishing and hunting, and the so-called land, if they lost it, they lost it, and they didn't lose anything?

"The six countries of Kanto, hundreds of schools, there are too many people in this world who do not accept the rule of the empire. Just, do I care? Emperor Qin smiled softly and said indifferently.

"But Father, the Yue people are different from those people after all. The imperial army penetrated deep into the barren land, and the transportation of grain and grass was very difficult, and the land of Baiyue was overgrown with barren forests. The convoy of the empire did not know when it would be attacked by those Yue people who hid in the mountains and forests. If the war in Baiyue fell into a stalemate, the Hu people in the north and the remnants of the six countries in the hinterland of the empire would inevitably be ready to move, which would be very disadvantageous to the empire. At that time, if the empire wants to completely pacify Baiyue, there is no other way than to kill the Yue people and the local natives. ”

Speaking of this, Ying Ziyi raised his head slightly, Brother Zheng on the throne, that subtle expression seemed to be weighing, what kind of consequences would there be if he killed all these people?

"Oh? In that case, all you need is an army and 100,000 horses. Can it be able to pacify Baiyue? Brother Zheng asked. The so-called killing of all this kind of thing will not work after all.

"Capture the thief and capture the king first." Ying Ziyi's eyes flickered and said.

~~~ Recently, someone has been asking, what are the conditions for adding more? Baby here to mention that the monthly pass in July is based on 600, and a new chapter will be added for every 100 votes. ~~~ (To be continued.) )