Five days passed quickly.

In the past five days, Zhao Heng did not go to Yingzheng and Wang Jian again.

Because five days ago, he assigned a task to both of them.

Ying Zheng's task was to persuade the hundreds of dead bandits captured in the Walled City.

Wang Qian's task is to train these hundreds of dead robbers into elite soldiers who are forbidden by order.

Regarding Yingzheng's task, Zhao Heng only gave two suggestions, one is to focus on complaining, and the other is to talk more about dreams.

In the end, he also gave Ying Zheng a copy of the "Ideological Education Guidance Manual".

As for Wang Qian's task, Zhao Heng directly handed over the queue training set to him as it was.

These two tasks are the first tasks that Zhao Heng gave to the two of them, and they are also a test of their ability.

Zhao Heng is basically very relieved about these two people now, that is, he is not afraid that they will escape by themselves, and he is not afraid that they will pull away the team.

Because he had already felt that after his "miracles" again and again, Lao Zhao and Lao Wang had already regarded him as an immortal.

As for Zhao Heng himself, he was basically immersed in the armory.

The development of the arquebus, as well as the improvement of the Hongyi cannon, are the things he is most concerned about at present.

There is no shortage of materials in the walled city, what is lacking is the craftsmanship and top craftsmen.

If the production process can keep up, coupled with the top craftsmen in charge, Zhao Heng can completely cross the arquebus and directly develop a flintlock pistol, or even a breech gun.

It's a pity that everything in the Walled City started from scratch, and there is no relevant information in the portable warehouse.

Therefore, he could only ask the craftsmen of the armory to start developing the first arquebus.

In fact, Zhao Heng also knew in his heart that even if the arquebus was developed, it would still be difficult to produce equipment in large quantities.

Due to the limitations of the industrial level, the craftsmen could only rely on their hands to make the goods, and for the time being, they could not quickly produce a large number of musket parts.

There is also the Hongyi cannon, which takes weeks to successfully polish a single barrel.

As you can imagine, there is still a long way to go if you want to equip artillery and muskets in large quantities.

Because of this, Zhao Heng had to urge the scientific research institute on the other side almost every day to get the steam engine and generator out as soon as possible.

……

Qin army camp!

Li Si's face was gloomy as water.

Your Majesty has been missing for nine days!

Although he had sent out all the people he could sent, and even requisitioned 100,000 people to search the mountains with the army, even after searching for five days and five nights, he still failed to find any trace of His Majesty and Wu Chenghou.

In three days, the entire mountain range will be completely searched.

At that time, if you still can't find Your Majesty, then ......

Li Si didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Although he is really anxious now, and his heart is also very panicked, but he can't show it, because he is the left minister of Great Qin, if even he is messed up, then how can others still look for His Majesty with peace of mind?

"Li Xiang, is there any news from His Majesty?"

At this time, Zhao Gao suddenly walked in and asked.

Compared with the panic of the previous days, he seems to have become unusually calm now.

"Not yet."

Li Si shook his head, then looked at Zhao Gao and asked, "Zhao Fu Ling, have you ever found any trace of Your Majesty in those people you sent out?" ”

For Zhao Gao, although he is quite disliked, he must also be polite.

After all, although Zhao Gao's official position is not as good as his, he is a big celebrity around His Majesty.

Li Si raised his footsteps, walked to Li Si's approach, and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Li Xiang, have you ever thought about what you and I should do if we can't find Your Majesty in the end?" ”

"Your Majesty is ordered by heaven, and it will be fine."

Li Si's gaze condensed slightly, and he said.

But when he said this, he didn't even have any confidence in himself.

"If Your Majesty is safe and sound, you should be in danger, but if something really happens to Your Majesty, then you and I must consider our own way back."

Zhao Gao's eyes narrowed, and his voice was slightly deep.

"Zhao Fuling, what do you mean by this?"

Li Si's pupils shrank when he heard this, and he asked in a cold voice.

He is not stupid, how can he not understand the meaning of the other party's words.

But, he didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't dare to say it.

"Huh...... Li Xiang, you are a smart person, I will not beat around the bush with you, I believe you know very well that if Gongzi Fusu succeeds to the throne, even if you and I are not held accountable for the crime of protecting Your Majesty, I am afraid that you and I will not want to continue to stand on top of the court. ”

Zhao Gao sneered.

Hearing Zhao Gao's words, Liston was silent.

How did he not know that if Gongzi Fusu succeeded to the throne, his position as prime minister would definitely be difficult to protect.

Even, if he wants to enter the center of power in the future, there is almost no possibility.

That one, but he is pro-Confucian and sparse of the law!

It's just that, even if he understands it in his heart, what can he do?

He couldn't do anything, and he didn't dare to do it.

"Li Xiang, if you and I don't want to end up miserable, we must plan early, and even, strike first!"

Zhao Gao continued.

He had already made it so clear that he almost said rebellion.

There is no way, if Gongzi Fusu succeeds to the throne, his fate will definitely be worse than Li Si.

Because he has a big enmity with the Mengshi clan who supports Gongzi Fusu, once the Mengshi takes power, he will definitely not let him go.

But he also knew that it was impossible to do great things on his own, and he had to win over Li Si, the left minister.

In the court, although there are two phases on the left and right, and the identity of the right minister Feng Quji is higher than that of the left minister Li Si, but Li Si's power is actually greater than that of Feng Quji.

If you can get the support of Li Si, coupled with his plan, you will definitely be able to support Gongzi Hu Hai to the throne.

"Zhao Fuling, I don't understand what you mean by this, and I don't want to hear similar words again."

Li Si's eyes flashed slightly, and then he looked directly at Zhao Gao and said.

"Li Xiang, I don't have much time left for you!"

After Zhao Gao glanced at Li Si deeply, he left without looking back.

He knew that it was not that Li Si couldn't understand his words, but that he was lucky.

Just wait for another three days, and the entire mountain range will be searched, and by then, if His Majesty has not been found, then Li Si will definitely take the initiative to cooperate with him.

Zhao Gao knew very well that Li Si, like him, was a greedy person for power.

Otherwise, how could Li Si directly get rid of Han Feizi just because he was worried that his position as prime minister would be snatched away by Han Feizi?

"Three days, three more days!"

After Zhao Gao left, Li Si sat directly on the mat, his eyes constantly changing.

……

Walled City, Academy.

"Sir, what are the Zhao numbers?"

Ying Zheng, who returned from completing the task, sat in the middle of dozens of children and asked with a look of curiosity.

Wang Jian naturally sat behind Yingzheng, but he was not interested in what Zhao Heng said at all, and he couldn't stop sleeping.

"Zhao's number is a special counting symbol, and it is also the basis of mathematics."

Zhao Heng stood on the podium and said with an unchanged face.

He would come to the academy almost every day for a basic math class.

It's just that I didn't expect that Lao Zhao and Lao Wang also came to join in the fun.

As for what is the Zhao numeral, it is actually the Arabic numeral of later generations.

But in this era, there are no Arabic numerals, so as a referrer, why can't he name it himself?