Chapter 34 Borrowing money from Chu people
"Master, can the steel you said be forged in large quantities now?" Ziying asked urgently.
"It's not difficult." Ling Yan looked indifferent, "Guanzhong is rich in underground iron stones, and it can be made into steel after forging iron first." ”
Ziying is still not at ease, in case the steel in Lingyan's mouth is something else, he can't afford the consequences.
"Master, can you let the disciple see it?" Ziying asked.
"See?" Ling Yan was a little puzzled, and stretched out his hand to point to a place, "Hasn't King Qin already seen it?" ”
"What?"
Ziying was puzzled, and looked at Lingyan's finger to see that there was an item placed in the corner of the dormitory - Cai Weixing's sword that stabbed him.
"The contemptible people don't want that child to always fight and kill, so they never taught her martial arts, and this sword of hundred refinements is just used as a self-defense for her." Spirit Burn explained.
Ziying walked over and slowly picked up the long sword, the blade of the sword was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting Ziying's face clearly, as if it was different.
Bell –
Ziying flicked the blade of the sword, and the vibrations of toughness were transmitted to the arm.
It's really steel!
"Master, how the hell did you do that?" The child was unbelievable.
"It's not difficult." "The vassal states needed a lot of weapons to fight, and they chose the bronze tools that had been used for a long time and ignored the iron ones. My Mo family has carefully researched, and only after the efforts of several generations of giants can iron be made into steel. ”
Ling Yan pondered and sighed, "If steel is added to the model according to the meaning of King Qin, steel will become the pillar of the earth, and the soil will become the carapace of steel, and the two complement each other. ”
It's only October now, the autumn harvest has just been completed, and the grain hoarded in Xianyang City is enough to last until next year.
Ziying only needs to stay and defend steadily, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu can't attack for a long time, and the soldiers in Chu will inevitably be depressed and homesick.
"Everything is in Master Lao." Ziying said gratefully.
"Then I don't know how many people King Qin can send to build? Too few people, or no construction experience, can affect the completion time. Lingyan was a little worried.
Ziying put the steel sword back into its sheath, handed it to Lingyan, and smiled smugly, "Master, every person I can send has experience, and they add up to probably have... 700,000! ”
Qin Shi Huang sent 700,000 people to build Afang Palace, and Hu Hai continued to build it after the death of the first emperor, and this project had to be stopped until Hu Hai's death.
"700,000?!" When Ling Yan heard this number, he had already guessed where they came from, "Just now King Qin said that he would give them two dollars, I don't know if Daqin can still take it out." ”
"I will." Ziying is righteous, but he has another plan in his heart.
These 700,000 people are all criminals according to historical records, Ziying does not know whether the identity of their criminals is fake, or whether the Great Qin law is too strict to cause 700,000 criminals, in short, after repairing the city wall, the guilty can make them committed, and the innocent should naturally be rewarded.
In addition, these people repaired the Afang Palace, although the work was stopped, the money that needed to be paid was definitely not a small amount.
Ziying secretly decided that the money would not be taken from the Great Qin treasury, and as for who would pay for it, he already had a candidate.
"Master, let's rest first, I still have some things to deal with." Ziying got up and walked out of the dormitory and closed the door.
In order to ask Wei Yu for help, the first emperor chose to eat and live with Wei Yu. Ziying originally planned to do the same, but now there are many people who don't have to sleep this night.
"Your Majesty, your ministers have been waiting for a long time." Lang Zhong ordered Han Tan, Xiangguo Zhao Cheng, and Xianyang ordered Yang Chen to stand respectfully not far from the dormitory.
Ziying smiled evilly and asked, "Xianyang Ling, who should be the unlucky ones tonight?" ”
"It's the noble gentry of the Chu State." Yang Chen replied.
"That's right."
After the First Emperor destroyed the Six Kingdoms, he moved the nobles of each country to Xianyang City, and it is said that a total of 120,000 people migrated.
The state of Chu is in turmoil outside, and the city walls are in disrepair, so this account has to be counted on their heads.
"Your Majesty, why is there a need for such a trivial matter? Let the subordinate officials bring the guards to solve the problem. Han Tan was puzzled.
"What a trivial matter, we are not going to rob, we are borrowing, and we will pay it back in the future, this kind of big thing naturally has to be handled by the widow himself." Ziying laughed evilly.
The three men looked at each other and made sure that none of them believed that the child would be returned.
According to the addresses of the nobles of the Chu State provided by Yang Chen of the Xianyang Order, Ziying and his entourage picked the most luxurious nobles of the Chu State, and the other guards were taken by the officials to "borrow money" from other Chu nobles.
Ziying got out of the carriage and looked up at the text on the plaque on the door - Mi.
"It's enough to respect the first emperor, and it's a small seal." Ziying smiled.
Yang Chen hurriedly reminded, "This Mi family is the surname of the Chu royal family, the king should pay attention." ”
Among the six countries, Chu is the one who hates Qin the most.
During the reign of King Huai of Chu, the national power of Chu reached its peak. King Qin Zhao used Zhang Yi's strategy to lie that 600 miles of land was exchanged for Qi and Chu to break off diplomatic relations, and after King Huai broke off diplomatic relations, Zhang Yi only gave 6 miles of land.
King Huai was angry and attacked the Qin State, but after the defeat, Han Wei and other countries captured the territory of the Chu State, and the Chu State gradually weakened.
Then the Qin State captured the eight cities of the Chu State, and the King of Qin Zhao asked the King of Chu Huai to meet, but Qu Yuan and others strongly disagreed, but the King of Huai still went and was detained by the Qin State.
During this period, King Huai ran out once, no country dared to take him in, and after being captured by the Qin State, he was imprisoned to death.
Now the leader of the anti-Qin coalition is also called King Huai of Chu, which is enough to show how much the people of Chu are haunted by the events of that year.
"It doesn't matter, the widow should make a few more friends tonight." Ziying sneered, "The guards knock on the door first, and if they can't knock open, they will smash it directly!" ”
Ziying still pretended that Xiang Yukeng killed 200,000 Qin troops in his heart, and Wang Li's face often appeared in front of him.
You hate me, I hate you, and the last thing you need in this day and age is apologies and forgiveness.
"Since the Chu people want to kill the head of the widow, then the widow borrows some money from the Chu people to spend it, which doesn't seem too much, right?" Ziying asked the three ministers behind her.