On this morning, Qin Shi Huang suddenly appeared at the construction site of the Lishan Mausoleum, and when he saw the emperor coming, the foremen and craftsmen immediately knelt down in fear, and the mountain shouted long live. Qin Shi Huang came to inspect the mausoleum under construction.

Qin Shi Huang walked all the way, a pair of gloomy eyes looked around, pointing and pointing from time to time, conveying his supreme instructions, and the minister in charge of the construction of the mausoleum only complied.

Qin Shi Huang came to the furnace where mercury was refined, and saw the workers pouring dansha into the furnace to heat it, and the mercury flowed out of a hole.

Qin Shi Huang asked, "The supply of dansha is not a problem, right?" The foreman in charge of refining mercury replied, "Everything is normal." ”

At this time, a man flew and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "There is a riot in Ba County, 600 li urgent, please Your Majesty!" At the same time, he held a copy of the report in his hands and held it high above his head.

The personal eunuch took it and presented it to Qin Shi Huang, who read it, his face was solemn, and he was speechless for a while.

It turned out that the family soldiers of a woman named Qing in Tong County, Ba County (present-day Sichuan) had a conflict with the officers and soldiers of Ba County Guard. Kiyoshi was a widow who took over a large family business after her husband's death. This is a family that has been mining dansha for generations, and at that time there were two major dansha producing areas in the country, one was Ba County and the other was Nanyue (now Guangdong and Guangxi). The widow Qing controlled the mining rights of the entire Ba County area, and in order to ensure the smooth progress of the huge Dansha mining industry, Qing raised a family of thousands of soldiers.

The mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang uses a large amount of mercury extracted from dansha, not only to create a magnificent atmosphere, but also to flow the mercury to a map of the territory of the Great Qin Empire; There is also a willingness to preserve the corpse in order to resurrect the dead, and the use of the toxic gas of mercury can also prevent the invasion of tomb robbers.

The origin of dansha, Yiba County is the closest to Lishan, the place where the imperial tomb was built, so the Qing Dynasty has become the main supplier of dansha required for the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.

Now there was a conflict between the Qing soldiers and the officers and soldiers of Qin Shi Huang, the cause was because of Dansha, and the county guard responsible for purchasing Dansha thought that there were too many impurities in Dansha and asked for a deduction of two catties; The foreman of Qing believed that such a low selling price was basically unprofitable, and the impurities did not exceed the originally agreed standards. The two sides quarreled, and in the end there was an armed clash of arms, each with casualties.

As is customary, private armed forces like this who dare to confront the official army will be killed. However, the county guard of Bajun felt that the relationship between the emperor and the Qing was delicate, and he didn't know how to deal with this matter, so he hurriedly wrote a note to ask the emperor to make a holy judgment.

After the report was circulated, Qin Shi Huang asked the ministers around him: "What do you think the secretaries should do?" ”

The Marquis of Tongwu was upright and said: "The minister is willing to lead the troops to conquer these mobs and capture the widow Qing of Shouba County, please deal with it with Your Majesty!" ”

Qin Shi Huang asked: "What if the officials and soldiers deliberately make it difficult and picky?" Wang Ben replied: "Even if the officials and soldiers are at fault first, it is also disrespectful to the imperial court for her to act against the officials and soldiers, and under the rule of my Great Qin, how could I have allowed the existence of thousands of private armed forces?" I implore the emperor to issue an edict, whether to exterminate or subdue, and the ministers will change. ”

After Qin Shi Huang annexed the world, for the sake of the stability of the country, he immediately collected the world's weapons, transported them to Xianyang to be melted, and cast 12 huge "golden people" (bronze people) and placed them in Xianyang Palace. At that time, even possession of a broken sword and a blunt knife was severely punished, let alone possession of a private arm.

At this time, the imperial historian Feng Zai also said: "What General Wang said is extremely true, the widow clears the family wealth and supports thousands of family soldiers, which is a great prohibition. In order to prevent her tail from falling off, he just took this opportunity to ambush her. ”

Qin Shi Huang said: "The Qing Dynasty once donated a huge amount of money to build the Great Wall, and now she has provided me with cheap dansha for the construction of the mausoleum, and I am afraid that there will be more places to use her in the future." ”

Feng Zai said: "My Great Qin's national policy is to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, and agriculture is the foundation of survival and the great plan of the country; And the businessmen get what they don't work for, they take it by themselves, and they are mercenary, and such people can not be allowed to exist. Now His Majesty has been gracious enough to allow the widow to do business, which is a special favor for her. As for her donating money to build the Great Wall, this is just her business. Besides, the whole world is not the king's land. Why can Qing sit on Baoshan and take Dansha? Your Majesty can completely take back her Dansha mining rights! His Majesty did not do this, but instead of being grateful, she fought against His Majesty's army, which was unbearable? ”

Feng Zai's words were loud, and Qin Shi Huang frowned and was speechless for a while. Most of the people accompanying him echoed Feng Zai's words.

At this time, Qin Shi Huang locked his eyes on Prime Minister Li Si and said: "The Prime Minister is like a river on weekdays, why has he become a stuffy gourd today?" ”

Li Si said: "Qing is a widow with no husband and no children, and His Majesty has mercy to allow her to do business and have a private arm to protect the operation of his own industry, which all reflects His Majesty's benevolent heart and can be set an example in the world." Chen Wenqing has always kept her duty and never acted disobediently, and the minister thought that the conflict between her family soldiers and the official army this time should not be her original intention, and who is right and who is wrong needs to be further investigated. ”

Qin Shi Huang's eyebrows widened, and he said: "Then the prime minister will be in charge of someone to check it, and tell me immediately if you have the result!" Li Si received the order and said that he would investigate immediately.

A few days later, Li Si reported to Qin Shi Huang in the court: "Jingchen sent officials to investigate in detail, and the truth has been ascertained: the impurities of the Qing Dansha slightly exceeded the standard, and the officers and soldiers poured the dansha to the ground, and the Qing soldiers thought that the officials and soldiers were rude and came forward to theorize, so the officials and soldiers started to beat people, which resulted in a large-scale fight, resulting in 29 deaths and 42 serious injuries among the Qing soldiers; The officers and soldiers lost 26 dead and 47 seriously wounded. ”

Qin Shi Huang asked, "Who does the prime minister think is more responsible?" Li Si said: "It is not right for the impurities of the Dansha in the Qing Dynasty to exceed the standard, and it is not right for the officials and soldiers to pour the dansha on the ground and beat people first. Qin Shi Huang was speechless for a moment.

At this time, Feng Zai came out of the class and said: "Weichen thinks that the Qing people are at fault first, and the officials and soldiers are at fault later. Wang Ben, Marquis of Tongwu, also immediately echoed: "Lord Yushi is right, if the Qing Dansha is not shoddy, the officials and soldiers will not beat people." ”

Qin Shi Huang said: "As an official soldier, the mishandling led to the casualties of the martial arts, and the fault is not small!" ”

As soon as Qin Shi Huang said this, the Manchu Dynasty was silent. The courtiers were very puzzled: This is not in line with the emperor's usual style! The Qing side was indeed at fault first, and even used force with the official army, why did the emperor defend her instead? If only he had decreed it before......

On this day, the widow Qing was guiding the work at the Dansha mining site, and saw that she was wearing a red one-piece dress with narrow sleeves like Dansha, and a blue ribbon tied around her waist.

At this time, her personal maid said, "Sister Qing, there is a rich businessman who wants to see you." As he spoke, he pointed with his hand, and when he turned his eyes, he saw a man in his 40s standing there, with a cold expression and a lofty spirit.

Qing stepped forward and asked, "This master, I don't know what to do?" The rich merchant said, "I have a deal I want to talk to you about." "Okay, this is not the place to talk, so let's go into the house and talk." As he spoke, he made a gesture of please and walked to the side.

When I came to the temporary workshop, I got straight to the point: "I don't know what business my brother is talking to me about?" The wealthy merchant asked, "Have you been alchemy lately?" Qing replied: "I practice every day." The wealthy merchant asked urgently: "The elixir that can make people live forever?" Qing replied: "If you want to be immortal, the creation that will win the world is unattainable." However, the elixir that prolongs life and calms the nerves and regulates pranayama has gained a lot. Of course, the elixir of immortality may have been refined, but it was just because it was mixed with other elixirs and was not discovered. The rich merchant said: "I have purchased all your pills in the last three months, and I will ask for the 81 pills with the best color every time I come out of the oven." Qing couldn't help but take a breath, he didn't expect the person to be so wealthy, so he said: "Such a big deal, let's set up a certificate." The rich merchant was silent, took out a jade plaque and handed it to Qing.

Qing took a look, was shocked, and immediately knelt down: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" The grass people have no beads, and ask Your Majesty for forgiveness. Qin Shi Huang asked her to get up, but she knelt still, and said in fear: "The grass people have no way to restrain them, and they deserve death if they clash with the imperial army!" ”

"Madame, do you think I'm here to ask the sins?" Qin Shi Huang said, "Then you are too worried, in fact, you don't have to worry about this matter, this matter has already passed, there is no need to mention it again." I came to the micro-service trip this time to ask for the elixir. ”

It turned out that the widow Qing was not as simple as a businesswoman in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang has always dreamed of immortality, and the "elixir of immortality" is what he dreams of. Dansha and mercury were synonymous with "elixir of immortality" at that time. The main production area of "immortal medicine" is in the southeast of Ba County, which is the location of the Xiajiang River, and the Wushan Mountain here is the mythical sacred mountain - Lingshan, where the witch wind prevails, and it is the place where the "Ten Witches of Lingshan" ascend.

Widow Qing lives in such a place, the power of the wizard is inseparable from Dansha, and she is regarded as the number one controller of the "elixir of immortality", in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang, Qing is the descendant of the ancient sorcerer, is a witch who knows the magic of the gods, and the Qing who has the most "elixir" is the most authoritative sorcerer in the Xiajiang region.

In addition to being used as a pigment for writing, painting, and makeup, dansa is also used in medicine or to refine mercury. Due to the small amount of natural mercury, the main way to obtain mercury at that time was to refine it with dansha. The reason why the mining of dansha has become a profiteering industry is also related to the fact that the people at that time believed in fairy magic very much. The ancients believed that red could lead to heaven through the gods, so red dansha was often sprinkled in the tomb after death. The "divinity" of dansha lies in the fact that it can be transformed into mercury by burning it with fire, and mercury can be mixed with dansha and can be reduced to dansha. This mysterious "resurrection" property made the ancients believe that the elixir of immortality could be refined with dansha. Many people dream of longevity, and this dansha has become a treasure in short supply.

Moreover, people at that time still believed that dansha would turn green after 200 years, lead in another 300 years, silver in another 200 years, and finally gold in 200 years. Those who dream of making a fortune obviously feel that this speed is too slow, so they have the idea of "seizing the heaven and the earth", hoping to achieve "a thousand years of gas, one day is enough; The treasure of the mountains and rivers is made in seven days", so alchemy to obtain gold has also become a dream of many people at that time.

Through alchemy, you can not only get the elixir to gain immortality, but also get gold to become a huge rich, such a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, who doesn't yearn for it? Therefore, alchemy was extremely popular at that time, so the widow Qing, who controlled the largest mining power of dansha in the country, after generations of accumulation, its wealth can be imagined.

Qingdao: "Since the emperor has taken a fancy to the elixir refined by the grass people, it is a great honor for the grass people. Selling the dansha to the emperor is already a big mistake, and it is absolutely impossible to sell the dansha to the emperor again. Every time it comes out, the grass people will pick 9 pills with the best color and present them to Your Majesty, wishing my lord a long life and eternal stability! ”

Qin Shi Huang's purpose of this trip was achieved, and Long Yan was happy, saying that with her loyalty, he would never take back the Qing Dansha mining rights.

Later, Qin Shi Huang heard that the Qing Dynasty was old and sick, so he made a decree, saying that the Qing Dynasty donated a huge amount of money to build the Great Wall, protect the family and defend the country, and provided Dansha to the imperial tomb.

After entering the palace in the Qing Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang gave her a magnificent mansion and arranged for nearly 100 maids and servants to take care of her. And he always asked Qing to teach the art of elixir refining and the way of immortality. Qing often said that what alchemy and immortality need is sincerity, and Qin Shi Huang's sincerity goes without saying, but the opportunity has not yet arrived, and one day the elixir will be refined.

After the Qing Dynasty was seriously ill and feathered up, Qin Shi Huang transported his coffin back to the hometown of the Qing Dynasty according to the last wish of the Qing Dynasty, buried it in the Changshoulong Cottage, and ordered the county guard of Bajun to build a tall monument in the Qing burial ground - Huaiqing Terrace, and personally inscribed the name of the tablet.