Xianyang, the noon dynasty had just dispersed, and Qin Shi Huang didn't even change his court clothes and hurried to a side hall in the inner palace under the leadership of the palace people.

"Zhao Qing, you're back!" Although Qin Shi Huang's face seemed calm, it could be seen from his footsteps that he was in a very anxious mood at this time, and almost kicked on the threshold more than a foot high when he entered the door.

"Zhao Qing has seen Your Majesty!" Dressed in gray linen, Zhao Qing, who looked like an ordinary scribe, hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"No need to be polite, hurry up and talk about the situation of going to Nanyang!" Qin Shi Huang walked over to the low couch and sat down.

"Your Majesty, can you receive the letter you sent back a few days ago?" Zhao Qing asked.

"I've received it, I've seen it all, otherwise I wouldn't have rushed to summon you!" Qin Shi Huang nodded.

"That's good!" Zhao Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and then said respectfully, "In fact, what the minister saw and heard in Nanyang is similar to the situation on the letterhead, there is a young man in Qinghe Town, surnamed Chen Mingxu, who is only fourteen years old, but he is extremely smart and acts strangely, and he is also the pawn of Qinghe Town, the minister has stayed in Qinghe Town for eight days, what he has seen and heard is incredible, and the piles and piles have been recorded in the book and sent back to Xianyang in advance. ”

"It is indeed a magical young man, you said that he had been instructed by the old man in his dream, and there is a fruitful thing called sweet potatoes beyond the sea, which can produce 200 stones per mu, how likely do you think this is possible?"

Zhao Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That Chen Xu seems to be ordinary, but his words and deeds are very different from ordinary people, and his conversation and behavior are full of mysteries, and he doesn't dare to make a judgment, but even if what he said is true, how can he get it thousands of miles away from the vast sea, so this matter is uninhibited, and for the time being, he can only listen to it as a home, but the Qu Yuan plough and Heng Rake Chen have carefully observed and heard, and I have also obtained the drawings from the Jiangbei Pavilion of the Pheasant County Order, and now the Pheasant County has begun to promote the method of deep cultivation and fine cultivation, listen to that Chen Xu said, if the selection of good breeds, Hoarding manure will yield four to five stones of grain per mu next year, two to three times higher than the current yield, and perhaps even more than ......."

"That's good, sweet potatoes can't be obtained, get this new farming tools and methods, and promote the grain in the summer and autumn next year, there will be a bumper harvest, and it can also solve the current overstretched food dilemma, are there any other discoveries in the next few days?"

"Two days before the minister left, Chen Xu instructed the carpenter to make a blank machine, which can make a pottery bowl or pottery bottle in an instant, and the minister personally verified it, and it is really convenient, fast and magical!"

"Oh, there's this!" Qin Shi Huang suddenly became even more interested, and under questioning, Zhao Qing told him about the general structure of his observation of the blank drawing machine.

"This thing is very similar to the threshing machine, it seems that I guessed correctly, the threshing machine must have been invented by this Chen Xu!" Qin Shi Huang touched his beard and nodded, "This son is really magical, I can't wait to meet him!" ”

"Your Majesty, when the minister left Qinghe Town, Chen Xu made a kind of fruit wine and fruit vinegar from mountain grapes, which tasted delicious and unique, so the minister specially brought back two jars!"

"Very good, bring it to me and try it!" Qin Shi Huang was overjoyed.

Zhao Qing then walked to the door, took two clay pots sealed with yellow clay from a subordinate, opened them in front of Qin Shi Huang, and then scooped out two spoons with a bamboo spoon and poured them into the jade cup and put them on the table.

Looking at the red liquid in the jade cup and smelling the refreshing aroma of wine, Qin Shi Huang's Adam's apple moved lightly and raised his hand: "Xuan Taiguan Order and Tai Yi Order come!" ”

"Huh~" At the door, a Xuanwu guard wearing black armor loudly agreed.

"Anything else you have discovered?" Qin Shi Huang asked, staring at a glass of wine and a glass of vinegar in front of him.

"Yes, then Chen Xu thought I was a businessman, so when he left, let me help him collect some items, the list is here, please look at it!" Zhao Qing took out a stack of hemp paper from his sleeve and put it on the desk.

Qin Shi Huang stared at these unbound hemp gray papers, and gently opened them with his fingers to observe, and found that this time the paper seemed to be much smoother and smoother than the last book, and it seemed to be much stronger, and then looked at the names of the items densely listed on it, and looked at them carefully, many of them belonged to plant medicinal materials, and he also knew a little bit through the mouth of the medicine warlock in the palace, but when he turned to the last one and looked at the various strange things recorded on it, I couldn't help frowning and asked, "What are these?" What's the use? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know! However, Chen Xu said that these are all spar minerals, and he is just curious, so he wants to collect some! Zhao Qing hurriedly replied.

"Hehe, I'm also very curious, what is the use of him collecting these strange things, he even has to collect soft wool, you take these to the Shaofu to register, pass on my edict, let the counties of Zhisu Neishi Tongchuan help collect, and record the origin and output of these items in detail and send them to the Inner History Mansion for safekeeping, you also step up your urging of the Inner History Mansion, see if these things are available in the treasury of the various prefectures in Xianyang, collect some and send them to him as soon as possible, and promise to help collect all the things he asks, I want to see, Whether he is really a disciple of the Immortal Family, I want to see what kind of magical items he can make, I want to see what kind of surprises he has for me! ”

"Yes~" Zhao Qing bowed.

"Well, you go, although Nanyang is close, it always takes more than a month to come and go, and when the cold winter comes, you can't come and go for months, and this time will be hard for you!"

"Don't dare, this is the duty of the minister, and delaying it for a long time is only afraid of missing His Majesty's major affairs!" Zhao Qing hurriedly said.

"The power of heaven cannot be violated, and it has nothing to do with you!" Qin Shi Huang shook his head.

"By the way, Your Majesty, when the minister left Qinghe Town, he met two women and a swordsman who went to Qinghe Town, I am afraid that he also went to look for Chen Xu, because he was worried about startling the snake, so he did not make any move!" Zhao Qing suddenly remembered something.

"You did a good job, the remnants of the six countries, don't worry, the six kings and grandchildren are all under my control, I can't make big waves, and after I conquer the south and the north but the Huns, I will naturally free up my hands to deal with it, you go!"

"Yes, the minister is retiring!"

Zhao Qing turned around and withdrew from the main hall, just as the Taiguan Ling and the Taiyi Ling came in a hurry.

"Sure enough, it's a fairy wine, a good wine!" A quarter of an hour later, the room was filled with the sound of Qin Shi Huang's praise.

"Well, this fruit vinegar tastes very beautiful, sweet and sour, the wine is left first, this vinegar is too official to take it, and Shen Shi arranges for the palace people to send some to the imperial concubines!"

"Yes~" After a while, Taiguan Ling withdrew from the room with a jar of vinegar and Taiyi Ling.

"Xuanjiang is a Shaofu order!" Qin Shi Huang's voice came from the room.

"Oh~" A Xuanwu guard outside the door hurriedly left, half an hour later, Ao Ping hurriedly followed a palace person, and when he entered the door, he saw Qin Shi Huang kneeling on the couch drinking, his face was red, and he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva when the room was full of clear wine and the fragrance of wine seduced.

"Ao Fu Ling, here are two new agricultural tools to create and deep cultivation methods, you take it back and quickly organize craftsmen to make samples for verification, tomorrow morning I want to know the results!" Qin Shi Huang handed Ao Ping several sheets of hemp pulp paper with drawings on them.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ao Ping took the drawings and looked at them for a while, his face quickly became extremely surprised, and he hurriedly retreated and left in a hurry.

And just when Zhao Qing returned to Xianyang, a man dressed in gray coarse linen clothes, with a dark face, a sparse beard, and dirty hair, was mixed in a caravan and pushed a cart out of the city.

The guards guarding the door held halberds to stop the caravan, carefully checked everyone's identity and household registration, and carefully took photos next to each other, checked that it was correct before releasing it, when this person was checked, this person opened his mouth and kept comparing his hands, but he couldn't take out the identity waist card, the leader of the caravan hurriedly stepped forward and took out a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to the soldier and said: "This person is a deaf slave, a few days ago I bought it in the market to be used as an animal cart to call, not a spy also!" ”

The soldier took the bamboo slips and looked at them a few times, and then pushed the deaf man down the wall and touched his body next to each other, and then said: "All people who have no household registration will be fined ten yuan for entering and leaving!" ”

"Good!" The leader of the caravan smiled bitterly and took out ten golden copper coins from the money bag and handed them over, the soldiers took the heavy copper coins and waved them away, the leader of the caravan secretly wiped the sweat on his forehead and urged loudly, accompanied by the sound of creaking wheels, the caravan quickly passed through the city gate, and went farther and farther in the bustling flow of people.

"聿~聿~"

After more than ten miles away from Xianyang City, the caravan stopped at the edge of a small river, and at this time Xianyang City was almost invisible, the mute man of the cart straightened up, reached out a few times and tore off the beard that was sticking to his face, squatted by the river to wash his face with water, and then wiped it clean with his sleeve, revealing a handsome face, it was Yu Wuya, who failed to assassinate Zhao Gao in Xianyang.

"Whew~" Yu Wuya let out a long breath, and after moving his hands and feet, there was a white light in his eyes, and an aura completely different from the humble caution just now emanated.

"Your sword!" The leader of the caravan took out a long sword from a loaded wagon and handed it respectfully.

Yu Wuya took the meteorite sword and put it on his back, and then tidied up his clothes again, and then took the reins handed over by a person next to him and arched his hand slightly: "There is no danger, thank you!" ”

"Don't dare, this is Zhang Langjun's order, Liu doesn't dare to be greedy, this horse is also specially prepared by Zhang Langjun for you, coins, dry food and drinking water and clothes are also ready, if you want to go to Wancheng, Wuguan Road has not yet been repaired rugged and difficult, so you had better go east out of Weinan, cross Tongguan and Hangu Pass to Luoyang, and then turn east through Luyang to reach also, this road is a prosperous place in the Central Plains, even if you travel alone, there is not too much danger, if you are cautious, you can also find a caravan in Weinan......"

"No, Yu is used to walking alone, say thank you to Zhang Gongzi on my behalf, if he needs Yu's help in the future, just come to Qinghe Town, Pheasant County to find me, and say goodbye!" After Yu Wuya finished speaking, he turned over his horse, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, whipped and galloped towards the southeast with a roar, and disappeared into the shade of the trees in a blink of an eye.

"Let's go!" After Yu Wuya was no longer visible, the leader of the caravan turned around with a calm face and ordered to continue walking, but the direction of travel was to the north.

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