On the way back to the palace, Yingzheng called Lü Buwei to his side and rode forward side by side.

"Father Zhong, the widow gave the newly built dormitory a name, called 'Gucheng Palace'." Ying Zheng said.

"Gu Cheng Palace......" Lu Buwei whispered, "It seems to have more charm than the name of this Xianyang Palace." ”

"Do Lu Wen and Lu Wu need help?" Ying Zheng asked.

"It's not needed for the time being, if it's too busy, the old minister will send someone again." Lü Buwei said, "By the way, Your Majesty, after the old man checked through the night, he found a few details. ”

"As expected." Ying Zheng said, "After all, there are more than 3,000 guests, and it is not difficult to blend in. ”

Lu Buwei nodded and said: "The old minister will continue to investigate, and there should be some hidden ones that are relatively deep and have not been discovered." ”

"Other mansions should also be checked, and the details are not necessarily in the father's mansion." Ying Zheng said.

"The king is still thoughtful, and the old minister will order someone to find out." Lu Buwei said.

"Don't make a noise, act in secret." Ying Zheng said, "In addition, the people sent to various countries by the middle father should also be careful. The spies they sent to Qin were cleaned up, and they would definitely do the same. ”

Lü Buwei arched his hand and said, "The old minister respects the king's order. ”

"Middle father, there is still one thing about the widow." Ying Zheng said.

"Your Majesty, please speak." Lu Buwei said softly.

Ying Zheng looked a little sad and said: "In the days when the widow was robbed by the kidnappers, he was often forced to hurry, and rested in the cave at night. According to the robbers, when they were in a hurry, they encountered many tombs of the Zhou royal family, which were often frequented by tomb robbers because they were unattended, but most of the tomb robbers were gone because of the mechanism in their bodies. ”

"What does the king mean? ......" Lü Buwei was speculating about what Ying Zheng meant by saying these words.

"The meaning of the widow is that the widow also wants to build a mausoleum for himself to prevent tomb robbers from invading, and it must be self-contained and large-scale." Ying Zheng said.

Lü Buwei said: "If the king really dominates the country in the future, then it will be the work of a thousand years of great deeds, and it is not too much to build any kind of mausoleum." ”

"Although the widow is still young, he should also prepare early." Ying Zheng said solemnly.

"Lao Chen's side began to plan for this, and after measuring the feng shui, he began to design, construct, and build." Lu Buwei said.

"Don't worry, middle father, the widow thinks that among the craftsmen who imitate Jiuding, some craftsmen who know how to build mausoleums and pottery clay carving should be selected and placed separately, and the widow should exchange views with them." Ying Zheng said.

Lü Buwei arched his hand and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Lü Buwei was a little puzzled, just find someone who knows how to build a mausoleum, why choose some craftsmen who can make clay carving, but Lü Buwei didn't ask.

Ying Zheng's real purpose is to imitate the terracotta warriors in the tomb of King Wu, after all, it is still too early to talk about the construction of a nine-story mausoleum, and it must be taken step by step, not to mention, the internal secrets of King Wu's tomb cannot be known to Lu Buwei for the time being.

After entering the city gate, Lü Buwei ran to the Lü Mansion, and Ying Zheng first came to the place where the Gucheng Palace was built to take a look.

Lu Wen and Lu Wu were busy, and when they saw Yingzheng coming to visit, they stepped forward to pay their respects.

Ying Zheng didn't know anything about building a palace, and when he came to visit, he was also curious, and after a turn, he returned to the palace.

Just after noon, Lü Buwei sent ten craftsmen.

The craftsmen came to Ying Zheng's study and bowed to Ying Zheng.

After Ying Zheng calmed down the craftsmen, he asked, "Among you, is there a foreman?" ”

The person standing at the front stepped forward and said respectfully: "Xiaomin is the foreman of these people. ”

"What's your name?" Ying Zheng asked.

"The grass people's name is Jing Fan, and they are from the Chu State." Said the foreman's craftsman.

Ying Zheng nodded, looked at everyone again, and asked, "Aren't you all from the Qin State?" ”

Everyone told their origins.

Among the ten people, three are from Qin, and the rest are from all countries.

Ying Zheng smiled and said sincerely: "In the Great Qin, whether it is the court or the countryside, there are many people from other countries who choose to serve the Lord. The widow wants you to become a real member of the Qin State, are you willing? ”

All the craftsmen were amazed.

They were recruited to the Qin State by Lü Buwei, and originally only came for a high reward. And the matter of Jiuding has not moved for nearly a year, and I don't see that Lu Buwei has the intention of letting them go home, and then thinking that Jiuding is so mysterious, everyone already has a premonition that they will be killed by Lu Buwei.

Now hearing Ying Zheng say this, he instinctively had a certain doubt from the bottom of his heart.

Ying Zheng saw the doubts of the craftsmen from everyone's expressions, and said: "The widow means that you don't have to go back to the Lu Mansion in the future, or be under the control of Lu Xiangbang, and you will all serve the widow in the future, can you?" ”

The foreman's Jing Fan's brain turned quickly, his eyes rolled around, and then he fell to the ground: "Grass people Jing Fan, I am willing to obey the king's dispatch at any time." ”

When all the craftsmen saw the foreman kneeling down, they all bowed down in unison.

Ying Zheng helped Jing Fan up with a smile and said, "Get up, you will be the people of the Great Qin Kingdom in the future." If there are wives and children in the house, the widow shall send for them, and they may be reunited to you. ”

All the craftsmen looked at Ying Zheng with burning eyes, and their hearts were happy.

"The first thing the widow wants you to do is to help the widow imitate a few terracotta figurines." Ying Zheng said.

"Dare to ask the king, what kind of terracotta figurines are they?" Jing Fan asked.

With Jiuding's experience, most of the craftsmen are not as proud of Haikou as before, and they have a little less confidence in their hearts.

Ying Zheng did not directly answer Jing Fan's question, but pulled Li Si over and said, "This is a widowed gentleman, named Li Si, and he will arrange what everyone will do in the future." ”

Jing Fan arched his hand and said, "Then there is Mr. Lao." ”

"Brother Jing doesn't have to be polite." Lees said, "Then let me go." ”

Li Si took the craftsmen to Yingzheng to resign and left the palace.

Li Si ordered a kiln factory outside the West City Gate in advance, and those terracotta warriors were also placed here by Li Si, and these craftsmen would be arranged here.

In fact, in the last wave, that is, the group of craftsmen who were building the Gucheng Palace, Ying Zheng wanted to do this, so that they could get out of Lü Buwei's control. How could it be that Lu Wen and Lu Wu had been supervising the work, so they had to wait for the completion of the project.

After sending off the craftsmen, Ying Zheng returned to the inner room of the study.

opened the dark compartment, took out the "Book of Agriculture and Grain", and studied it carefully.

There are some texts in the "Classic of Agriculture and Grain" that Ying Zheng can understand, but most of the characters are different from Qin characters. There are also words that are very similar to Qin characters in the words that I can't understand, but it is obviously not possible to rely on guesses.

The reason for this situation is mainly due to the centuries-long division that led to the Shang Dynasty or beyond, which gradually evolved into a script with different regional characteristics of various countries and spread locally on a small scale.

Qin Wen is no exception, after hundreds of years of evolution, formed a lot of unique Qin scripts, and what Ying Zheng learned is the text after this evolution, this "Agricultural and Grain Classic", as well as the words in the "Book of Changes", is the real Chinese language.

The unification of words is imperative.

Because the difference in writing will lead to the difference in the inheritance of civilization. Countries will not be able to communicate normally with each other, and over time, they will really become a few strange countries, and China will inevitably be divided.

Having made up his mind, Ying Zheng took out the upper part of the Book of Changes, and then tidied up his desk.

Ying Zheng walked out of the door and ordered Zhao Gao to fetch some silk.

After a short time, Zhao Gao held two rolls of white silk and handed them to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng took the silk into the inner room, then opened it and spread the silk on the desk.

Ying Zheng wrote the words Qin, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, Qi, Yan, and Zhou horizontally on the top of the silk. Then, in the order of pronunciation, all the characters of the Qin State were written vertically in the first row, that is, under the label Qin.

Ying Zheng wants to make a Chinese font, so that no matter which country corresponds to a certain character in the Book of Changes, he will find the corresponding Qin script according to the table of this font, so as to understand the writing of this character in various countries and the corresponding ancient symbols.

It may seem cumbersome, but it's the only viable option at the moment.

This is written for two days, except for eating and sleeping, Ying Zheng is busy with this matter.

On this day, just after breakfast, Zhao Gao walked in from the outside and said: "Your Majesty, the slaves have been busy for two days, and I don't know what the slaves can do for the king, so as to share the worries of the king." ”

Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "The widow has sorted out all the words of the Qin State in the past two days, they are sorted by pronunciation, and there are still a small part that has not been completed, you can make up for the widow, and then check if there are any missing words." Finally, write Zhao Wen's row, corresponding to Qin Wen in front. ”

Zhao Gao arched his hand and said: "The slaves obey the king's orders. ”

The part of the comparison with the "Book of Changes" has been completed, and now it is only necessary to improve the Huaxia font library, so this work can be completed by Zhao Gao.

At this time, a little eunuch who walked to the door from the outside arched his hand and said sharply: "Your Majesty, Princess Nansu, please see you." ”

"Oh? Hurry up and please. Ying Zheng said urgently.

Ying Zheng didn't see Princess Nansu for a few days, and some missed it on the one hand, on the other hand, it was Ying Zheng who remembered the last time Princess Nansu said that she would send news back to Chu State, and she must have eyebrows.

Princess Nansu walked into the outer door with graceful steps, and bowed affectionately: "Nansu has seen the king." ”

"The princess doesn't have to be polite." Ying Zheng stepped forward to help Princess Nansu up.

Facing her future husband, Princess Nansu's face was a little shy, and she said softly: "Your Majesty, Nansu came this time to tell you something. ”

"Let the widow guess what's going on." Ying Zheng pretended to have a thoughtful expression, "But your father has replied?" ”

Princess Nansu nodded and said, "The king guessed correctly, my father replied to the message. ”

"I don't know what King Chu said." Ying Zheng asked.

"My father scolded Wei for his unrighteous actions, and he also sent troops to conscript Wei." Princess Nansu said, "Later, I heard that the king had sent troops to fight, so I dissipated some of my anger. ”

Ying Zheng smiled and nodded, King Chu's reaction was expected by him.

Princess Nansu continued: "Father also said that the army of Chu State will respond at the junction of Chu and Wei at any time, and if Qin State wins, it will not move; If the Qin State is defeated, it will send troops to block it, and at the very least, it will also ensure the safety of Chang'anjun. ”

"That's fine." Ying Zheng said, "Please wait here for the princess." ”

With that, Ying Zheng got up and went into the inner room.

When he came out, Ying Zheng was holding a row of bamboo slips in his hand.

Ying Zheng sat down next to Princess Nansu, unfolded the bamboo slip, pointed to the words on it and asked, "Can the princess recognize these words?" ”

Princess Nansu looked at it and said, "Some of them know, but most of them don't." ”

"Which one you know, show it to the widow." Ying Zheng said.

Princess Nansu pointed out the words she knew, and these words were all Chu Wen.

Ying Zheng looked at Chu Wen circled by Princess Nansu, and suddenly seemed to think of something, so he shouted outside the door: "Zhao Gao." ”

Zhao Gao entered the door and said, "Your Majesty, the slaves are here." ”

"Come and take a look, you recognize this word." Ying Zheng said seriously.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Gao walked up to Ying Zheng and looked at the word Ying Zheng pointed to.

"This ......," Zhao Gao frowned and said, "It should be the word 'horse'." ”

"Hehe......" Princess Nansu couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

"You, don't talk nonsense if you don't know." Ying Zheng was very happy when he saw Princess Nansu smiling, and teased Zhao Gaodao, "This is the word 'deer', it's Chu Wen!" ”

"The king's lesson is that in the future, if the slaves don't know, they will definitely not talk nonsense." Zhao Gao said embarrassedly.

Looking at Zhao Gao's expression, Ying Zheng and Princess Nansu laughed together.

Who knows, Ying Zheng's move of ridiculing Zhao Gao in order to amuse Princess Nansu was misinterpreted by later generations, making Zhao Gao bear the infamy of the ages.