Chapter 257: Xu Fu enters the plain Guangze
Lu Yan heard that Lu Sheng and the others were asking for medicine, and he just laughed at this, now that the affairs of the people of the nine counties have just stabilized, they naturally have no time to take care of the two monks, just let them go. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Since Fang Shi Lu Sheng left, Ying Zheng still asks the immortals every day, and he is a little lazy about state affairs, after all, he has been left behind in the early years, and now he is a little reluctant to pick it up suddenly.
The empire is a little stable, not to mention for the time being, and it is said that after Xu Fu went to sea by boat half a year ago, he brought food for three years, and he must have been at a loss when he went to sea for the first time, so he just traveled westward steadily.
The big ship is sturdy, even if it encounters wind and waves, it can survive, plus the thousands of boys and girls in the boat, there is no big problem, after more than three months of travel, sure enough, I saw a desert island, and there seems to be no people from the Central Plains.
Xu Fu ordered all the boys and girls to move to the desert island to find out if there were any other tribes around the barbarians, except for the small tribes, there were no civilized people.
And the thousand boys and girls brought by Xu Fu were all educated people, and Xu Fu was also a person who understood, so he divided the thousand boys and girls into a team of ten people to educate the barbarians here.
Everyone built their own places to live, but Xu Fu and his apprentices carried the ships from the sea to the island, lived in the boats, and lived for more than a month, only feeling that this place was quite clean.
Xu Fu arranged all the bamboo slips he brought with him and distributed them to everyone, all of which were small seals written by Li Si, with a total of six articles, and many boys and girls could still live with many barbarians.
Among the dry boats, Xu Fu only felt that there were still a few people with him, and there were even fewer interesting objects in them, so he had the intention of returning to the Central Plains in his heart.
"Will the grains that were planted survive? Also, how big is this place, have you ever explored it? Xu Fu asked the Taoist boy on the side with an ink pen in his hand.
"Master Qiyu, all grain can survive, there is only one island here, and the barbarians can still stop it, but I don't know if there are barbarians elsewhere, and I didn't send people to investigate." Xu Tong replied very seriously.
Xu Fu just nodded after hearing this, "In addition, a tablet is erected here, and my name is engraved on it, and this place will be called Plains Guangze in the future." ”
"What is Plains Guangze?" Xu Tong asked with a puzzled face.
"It doesn't mean much, it's just a name, the First Emperor is keen to seek immortals, sooner or later there will be a situation in the empire, and being able to come here is ostensibly to seek medicine, but it is actually to take refuge." Xu Fu said with a little meaning.
"Is the master going back?" Xu Tong stepped forward to serve tea and said, and at the same time put away the handwriting written by Xu Fu to use it to educate the barbarians, after all, the knowledge level of the boys and girls brought was not as rich as Xu Fu.
"Naturally, I want to go back once, the area here is not known for the time being, and our thousands of people are inevitably a little weak, so we need to go back to Qin and bring some people over, and then we will not return to Qin here." Xu Fu said indifferently.
"I'm afraid that the master will return to Xianyang, there is no immortal medicine, and then the master will become the target of the public, how can I come here, and please think twice." Xu Tong immediately knelt down and bowed.
Xu Fu just sneered, "When will the apprentice know my heart?" As long as that Yingzheng still admires the immortals, there is nothing that cannot be solved, and he will obediently send people here. ”
Hearing his master say this, Xu Tong didn't ask more, just follow the master's arrangement, and for the rest of the month, Xu Fu was still at ease in his heart, so he went to the tribes to observe, the Qin people did not have any complaints here, but felt that this place was far better than the Qin State a hundred times.
After all, these boys and girls are all from the lower class, and it is difficult to get in touch with the life of the upper class, so it is naturally not surprising to say this, and they all respect Xu Fu very much, and they actually respect Xu Fu as the emperor privately.
Xu Fu, who was originally a monk, was overjoyed when he heard this, and he did not stop it, and then he chose an auspicious day, and set out from the plains and Guangze, leading hundreds of people to return from the sea.
Now it is the beginning of the spring of 212 BC, and Yingzheng Xiuxian's question is even more serious, and he must ask Zhao Gao about the whereabouts of Xu Fu and Lu Sheng every few days, and Zhao Gao has to be vague and pretend not to know.
In addition, during this period, Ying Zheng went to Afang Palace many times, and the reason was naturally understood, mainly to order Meng Yi to build Afang Palace quickly, and there should be no negligence.
However, how to build so many buildings quickly can only be collected, so Lu Yan and others had to issue an edict to increase taxes in all other counties except for the nine counties to reduce Xianyang's expenses.
Ying Zheng was overjoyed by these new measures, and he traveled from palace to palace every day, followed by a large retinue of attendants.
Suddenly, Zhao Gao got a report from the meeting, it was Xu Fu, who had been missing for almost a year, who came back, and brought back the number one hundred and ten people, Zhao Gao was shocked when he got this news, and he didn't dare to hide it at all, so he immediately told Yingzheng.
Since Xu Fu and others left, Ying Zheng has been very concerned about many things in Afang Palace, and now he suddenly heard that Xu Fu returned from the sea, and immediately changed his clothes and went to the court, and invited hundreds of officials to discuss matters.
When Lu Yan heard this, he didn't react much, but the ministers really thought that Xu Fu had asked for the elixir, so they all hurried to the court, and Yingzheng at this moment was really radiant.
"Do you know what I summoned today?" Ying Zheng asked mysteriously, but almost everyone knew it, but he had to pretend not to know.
"Please also show the king." The officials replied in unison.
"Mr. Xu, whom I sent out last year, will soon be in Xianyang, and he must have asked for immortal medicine from the immortal mountain on the sea for me, so I summoned all Aiqing to celebrate and go to the east gate of Xianyang to welcome Mr. Xu's return to the dynasty on a certain day." Ying Zheng said happily.
All the officials looked at each other, and Li Si had no choice but to come out, "Your Majesty, you should focus on national affairs, and now the people of the nine counties have been affected by the disaster last year, and the situation has just improved. ”
After all, Yingzheng's every move was watched by the national public, and when Wangsendai was built, the people complained and cursed, saying that Yingzheng was a tyrant.
Now there are people in all counties who are hungry, if it is because Xu Fu is returning from the immortals, he will engage in pomp, how can the people be convinced, and only increase the number of rogue thieves.
Ying Zheng listened to Li Si's words, and frowned slightly, "Could it be that all of you Aiqing think the same as Xiangguo?" ”
"The ministers feel that what Xiangguo said is reasonable, and when Mr. Xu comes to Xianyang, he can directly enter the Jiaolan Palace to meet the king, and there is no need to be too troublesome." Wang Juan is also out of the ranks.
"I'm just greeting you, everyone Aiqing is worried, since this matter is known, then let's retreat, I admire the immortals, how can I be rude, everything can be discussed later." Ying Zheng said that he ignored everyone and returned directly to the apse.
Li Si in the palace glanced at Lu Yan a little helplessly, "Senior nephew, you are a close confidant of the king, why don't you say one or two?" ”
"The emperor's heart has been decided, and it is useless to say more." Ziyu said nothing, and immediately brushed his sleeves away.