Daqin, Chang'an City

The long winter has finally passed, the weather has warmed up, everything has recovered, the snow has disappeared, the fireplaces in Chang'an City have stopped smoking, and the people of Daqin have greatly increased the frequency of outdoor activities.

Moreover, for most people in the Qin State, this time period neither needs to be cultivated nor served, and there is even a period of time before the lack of food is scarce, which is simply the most leisurely and happiest time of the year.

Qin Zheng, the sole monarch of Great Qin and the leader of the "great feudal" class, is taking a walk in his garden, planning whether to open a vegetable field to enrich his diet in the future.

At this time, Zheng Ling hurriedly walked in and handed over a stack of letters, interrupting Qin Zheng's leisure time. Qin Zheng sighed a little and didn't pick it up, and directly let Zheng Lingnian look at him.

Zheng Ling then began to read: "Fifteen days ago, General Sima Shi of Wei Guowei had returned to Jinyang and sent gifts and greetings, making it clear that His Majesty Wei would send someone to deliver his credentials. ”

Qin Zheng nodded, Sima Zhao and Sima Rou, who came back, can only be regarded as the envoys of the Sima family, and this time is the symbol of the official alliance between Wei and Qin.

However, Qin Zheng didn't care much about the letter from Wei, because he believed that Zhao Cheng had already taught Sima Shi to be a man in Hedong, and if he could go back and reply to the letter, it would prove that Wei was still the Sima family.

Zheng Ling saw that Qin Zheng's expression had not changed, so he put the letter below and took out another one and read: "Letter from Zhao Cheng, the governor of Hedong, he led the army to sweep away the original Korean warriors 14 days ago, and exterminated the Hedong bandits, which were dominated by the defeated army.

Now there are no anti-Qin or yang-Fengyin forces in the Hedong Basin, but there are still small groups of bandits in the Taihang Mountains that have not yet been exterminated, and the number of opponents is not large, and they have been hiding for a long time, so I am afraid it will be difficult to eliminate them for a while. ”

Qin Zheng frowned slightly when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, after all, Zhao Cheng's troops were still too small to be able to do this to this extent, which was already good, as for the group of "mountain monkeys" in Taihang Mountain, let them go for the time being.

"Your Majesty, Bai Pu Business also went to the fold to inquire about the situation in Hedong, he has integrated the investment of the entire company, and hopes to lay a good foundation in the near future." Zheng Ling added.

Qin Zheng nodded, thinking that it was time to try what this group of improvised "rabble" was like, so he agreed: "Yes, you can leave at any time, let Zhao Cheng prepare to receive it." ”

Zheng Ling wrote it down, and then read another letter that was a little "quaint" when he looked at the material: "The letter from Heluo Shangdu, Emperor Shang wants to carry out more cooperation with our Great Qin, and clearly mentions textile, paper, porcelain and metallurgy, and they hope to send craftsmen to learn."

In return, Emperor Shang wanted to marry his young daughter to His Majesty, and gave His Majesty the title of Xibohou, as well as a dowry of one hundred carts of jade and bronze ware. ”

Qin Zheng pouted and said, "Huh? He and Wu Geng are really father and son, and they always feel that their things are so valuable?

He replied that he missed his deceased wife and planned to be celibate, and that he didn't want his title and jade, and that if he wanted to continue to advance the alliance, he would wait a month to meet with me at the pass with a peaceful ceremony, and if it didn't work, forget it. ”

Qin Zheng said this, naturally, telling King Xuan that he was on an equal footing with him, and that he was looking for an ally, not a father-in-law.

But at the same time, Qin Zheng still felt that Qin's power was insufficient, and he could not achieve a brilliant victory enough to change the situation at one time, and he should continue to deepen reform.

Therefore, it is still necessary to temporarily maintain an ally whose strength is weaker than his own and dangerous, and Shang Zheng is a suitable candidate.

Zheng Ling was not very happy to see Qin Zheng, so he could only read the letter of the King of Xu: "Emperor Shang also asked His Majesty if his son Wu Geng was in the Qin State?" ”

"Oh? How much jade is he going to give to me this time? Qin Zheng asked angrily.

Zheng Ling was stunned at first, and then his face twisted and said: "Emperor Shang said that he gave out five deer skins in exchange for the whole corpse of Prince Wu Geng......"

"Huh?" Qin Zheng was also a little stunned, and after a while, he reacted, it seems that what Wu Geng said is true, the king of Xu, who is faint, really wants to set up Jida's son as the heir, isn't this death?

Moreover, the king of Xuan was obviously cautious, the price of his five deer skins was to say that this son was not worth mentioning, if you Qin Guo supported him, he would definitely fail.

If Qin Zheng returned Wu Geng, regardless of life or death, it would be a show of weakness to the outside world, that is, he would put his Great Qin under his Shang Dynasty, and he could even publicize Qin Zheng in China to take the initiative to return Wu Geng!

Qin Zheng raised his eyebrows and roared: "He wants to kill his own son, abolish Chang Liyu, and I want to help him do it, and he is not even willing to give him a little compensation?"

Didn't Yingyi say that he was wise? How is it stupider than what the six countries of Kanto said? This is forcing my Great Qin to go against him! ”

Zheng Ling naturally didn't dare to say anything, and only waited for Qin Zheng to vent for a while before he spoke: "Then Your Majesty, how should we deal with it?" ”

Qin Zheng was angry and helpless, he couldn't spoil a pot of soup for the Shang Dynasty's rat, the reform of Great Qin must be carried out, otherwise he would most likely die directly if he couldn't complete the task ten years later, and Hu Hai couldn't play such a complicated situation.

So Qin Zheng could only swallow this breath for the time being: "Just tell him first, we haven't found any trace of Wu Geng." ”

"Hey!" Zheng Ling memorized it in his mind, and then took out the last letter and read it: "Letter from the Longxi garrison, there is a violent conflict between two forces in the Heyuan area.

The ninjas trained by Tang Fuzi have infiltrated it, and there is no news yet, but some soldiers who have defected to the army claim that the clothes of one of the tribes are very similar to that of Li Ninglingge, the prince of Xia. ”

Qin Zheng was slightly startled, and said to himself: "Western Xia? ”

Qin Zheng also felt that this matter was more serious, after all, the Western Xia party members were quite capable of fighting, and there were many tenacious and fierce soldiers, not counting the gap in weapon technology, there was almost no chance of winning the army.

So he hurriedly ordered: "Order Chang'an to send a new batch of ninjas and 2,000 recruits to supplement Longxi, and then transfer 500 people from Beidi and Shangjun to support."

In addition, Wang Li didn't give credit to Lin Jiang of Shangjun, so he let him serve as the chief general of Longxi, and he could find out the situation in the Hequ area very clearly, and he could take the initiative to attack if necessary. ”

Qin Zheng's order can not be said to be ignored, the military force of 3,000 people arrived in Longxi, and the defenders of Longxi doubled at once, and with the Beidi Army not far away, there were already 13,000 people in the two divisions.

Because of the invasion of the demon wind, now more than 10,000 people are a big force, if Wang Li had so many people at that time, there would be no need to make dangerous moves in Shangjun, and it would cost me to die if I directly defended the city.

Zheng Ling saluted respectfully, turned around and went to sort these out into a collar order, and Qin Zheng was the only one left in the garden who fell into thought.