Build lakes and strengthen rivers to prevent flooding.

This is a good move for the Qin people and the indigenous people of the two river basins to enhance mutual harmony and understanding. Like the Chinese civilization, in the two river valleys where the Babylonian civilization was born, the people here also have their own pride, but the cruel reality makes them bow their heads again and again.

This was the case in 200 B.C., and by 2000 A.D., the situation had not changed, and Li Yuan had no interest in correcting and changing the fate of these Semitic descendants, but there was one thing that Qin had to pay attention to, that is, how to resolve the never-ending war in this region.

Peace.

It is the best guarantee to heal people's hearts and create wealth.

"What I Daqin want to gain a foothold in this land, what I want to do in a short period of time is not to ask for wealth, but to give hope, so that the indigenous people who have been bullied by the Egyptians, Persians, and Macedonians for thousands of years can see that my Daqin is here to help them live a good life, to help their tribe survive, and not to be exterminated!"

"So, if any of you are found to have bullied the natives, don't blame me Li Yuan for being unsympathetic." At the moment of his arrival at the Euphrates, Li Yuan warned the soldiers of the Qin army who were preparing to go to various places to station.

The Qin army relied on force to expel the Persians and Macedonians, but this was only a superficial conquest, and Li Yuan had to do more to truly make this oil-rich fertile land another birthplace of Great Qin.

At a time when the Qin regime was still unstable, such hard-line policies as genocide and forced emigration were not feasible under the current circumstances, and if Li Yuan really decided to do so, it would inevitably provoke greater resistance, and organizing the large-scale migration of the Qin people from the Central Plains to the Lianghe River Valley, making the Qin people the main group of people in this region, this has long been envisaged although the haode strategy has already begun. However, the effectiveness of the migration depends on whether the integration between the Qin people and the local natives is harmonious.

Popularity.

It is the most difficult to grasp and the most elusive.

One hand is hard, the other is soft. For those anti-Qin stubborn shili who are bent on confronting the Qin State, the Qin army will deal a merciless blow, but for those ordinary people who have no quarrel with the world and only want to live their own small life, it is impossible for the Qin State to kill the people indiscriminately and push themselves to the opposite side, and the necessary pacification is the best measure to alleviate the contradictions.

Li Yuan gave an order, and the army moved together.

Under the watchful eye of the indigenous fathers of the two river basins. The Qin army garrison sweated like rain under the scorching sun, and the dredged ditches quickly took shape, and then guided the streams of water from the tributaries to the depths of the desert.

The water is mighty.

The soldiers of the Qin army, who were like clay figures, either sat on the ground, or stood and raised their arms and shouted, or they were so tired that they didn't even have the strength to shout, but no matter what, their faces were clearly full of smiles of victory and happiness.

A lake was artificially built so that the surplus water of the two rivers could be stored during the rainy season. Then a small reservoir is formed in the area of Xin'an City to regulate the local climate, and with the moisture of water, the arid desert around Xin'an City can be slowly transformed into thousands of miles of fertile land. Maybe in a few years, it will be full of trees, birds singing, and full of fruits. A prosperous scene of abundant harvest.

The liliang of role models is endless.

In front of the beautiful scenery of the future depicted by Li Yuanyi, in front of the sweat and shouts of the Qin army's generals, the hesitant Babylonian natives were moved. Their ancestors have worked hard to create an admirable civilization on this land, but now, as the descendants of an ancient civilization, they are willing to eat and wait for death.

When Lu Jia and Maria and his entourage, when they came to Xin'an City from Dongyang City, they encountered the successful completion of the Xin'an Lake dredging project, and when Lu Jia smiled and pointed out to Maria that the ordinary man in front of him who was covered in mud and had a red face was the Emperor Shenwu, Maria pursed her lips in surprise and couldn't speak.

Emperor Shenwu!

What a resounding name.

Just from Li Yuan's single-handedly rebuilding the new Qin, and single-handedly expanding the territory of the Qin State to the whole of Asia, we can imagine how handsome and martial he was, and his bearing was extraordinary, in Mary's imagination, Li Yuan should be like King David and King Solomon in Hebrew mythology, omnipotent and omniscient.

But the man in front of him who looks no different from an ordinary Qin army general, this person who repairs ponds and digs ditches with ordinary soldiers and foreign indigenous people, no matter where he looks at it, it is impossible to have any earth-shattering ability, so, along the way, what is the reverent gaze of those young envoys in the Qin State Mission, and an elderly man like Lu Jia actually admires Li Yuan very much, is this because of Weishenme?

Suddenly, Maria, who had always thought of herself as an elf and quick-witted, felt that her cleverness was a little unable to raise her head in front of a wise and foolish figure like Li Yuan.

Lu Jia returns.

Just as the water diversion project of Xin'an Lake was also over, Li Yuan returned to the city with a group of subordinates, and with the first stage of the Western Expedition subsided, Li Yuan's side gradually gathered a group of hard-working officials, among these people, most of them were young people in their teens or twenties.

Young people make mistakes, but they have the time and the courage.

In this great change related to the future living space of the descendants of Yan and Huang, the young people of the Qin State followed Li Yuan's side without hesitation. Chao Cuo, Jia Yi, as well as Han Anguo and Zhang Yu, these figures who left a great reputation in history, all followed to Xin'an City.

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The ancient Babylonian Senate Hall, located on the banks of the Euphrates River, is the only building that has survived many wars and can still be used.

It was now the center of discussion in the western provinces of Qin.

Different from the governance structure of the 36 counties in China, Li Yuan's governance method in these newly occupied places in the west is to take the seven key cities such as Xin'an City, Dongyang City, and Xiyongcheng as constellations, and use the model of hierarchical decentralization and governance, in other words, the ruler of a star city, that is, the highest ruling leader in the vast area near it.

A ruling general like Huan Chu, on the other hand, needed to come to Xin'an once every six months to report to Li Yuanzuo's work summary for the past six months or a year.

Lu Jia reported to Li Yuan the details of the entire negotiation of the Jews' agreement to form an alliance, and also truthfully stated the struggle between David and the elders of different backgrounds within the country, Li Yuan listened very carefully, for the Jewish nation, in the 21st century in various books, there are big books and special descriptions, but any posterity records are far less real than face-to-face real conversations.

"Mary, you said that the father of this little girl was David. Joseph? Li Yuan asked movingly.

Lu Jia was stunned, he didn't expect that Li Yuan didn't ask about the riots among the Jews just now, but instead asked about Mary.

"Mary said that her father was a descendant of King David's family, but in the riot a month ago, David Joseph was assassinated and died."

Li Yuan nodded, Lu Jia's answer made his heart sink, if everything hadn't changed much, this little girl who was taken in by Lu Jia was the mother of the Christian saint Jesus - Mary.

Christian.

It was founded by Jesus to persuade people to repent, turn away from evil deeds, and preach the gospel of the kingdom of heaven.

It was this experience of exile that led Christianity from a regional religion founded by Jews to a religious organization that was regarded as orthodox by Westerners, and in the Middle Ages, the Pope was even more powerful than the emperors of some powerful countries.

Li Yuan's attitude towards Christianity is very cautious.

The fact that a religion, after repeated suppression, can still have a vitality that lasts for more than 2,000 years, and its influence has become more and more with the passage of time, which in itself shows that this kind of spiritual religious belief has adapted to the needs of the times and is also the pillar that human beings need in the process of survival and development.

As a result of the use of force, history has proven that this path does not work. Blind indulgence will undoubtedly make the people of Qin more trust in Jewish civilization and Western values, thus ignoring the excellent cultural inheritance of their own nation, which is a greater risk.

In terms of the influence of Christianity in later generations, the role of religion is no weaker than that of military conquest, and in more far-reaching areas, it is even better than that of a powerful dynasty. Therefore, the values of the East, in order to be widely accepted by this shijie, must rely on both force and religious propaganda.

In this regard, Li Yuan took the Heavenly Master Dao founded by Zhang Liang as the spiritual pillar to promote the Eastern concept, and judging from the recent period of dissemination, although the Heavenly Master Dao has developed a considerable number of new Taoists, there is still a long way to go to make the conquered natives change their beliefs and bow to the Eastern civilization.

Mary intended to travel east.

In this regard, Li Yuan gave full support, he not only ordered to send a team of personal guards to escort him along the way, but also wrote a letter to Li Ye in Chang'an, telling him to take good care of Mary.

Let the Virgin of Jesus stay away from the place that brought her a tragic fate, let this beautiful and elfy little girl have a different life, and also make it possible that Jesus, the Son and the founder of Christianity, will never appear again, for the Qin State that intends to develop in the Mediterranean, if the emergence and spread of Christianity can be postponed because of the change of Mary's personal fate, it is the most haode news. (To be continued......)