Sima Hong took Sima Jie to take stock of the goods transported by the caravan.

Cotton is necessary for making winter clothes, and the price of good cotton is not low.

The treasury of Great Qin also has a lot of cotton reserves, and its main purpose is to make official and military uniforms in winter, and if it is to trade with the Western Regions, the cotton stored is slightly insufficient.

After Sima Hong returned to Xianyang, he received the order left by Yingzheng, so he began to collect goods from Sima Fuzhong, but found that there was no cotton among the goods purchased, so he immediately sent people to inform the envoys of various countries to add cotton as a commodity.

This matter is not an omission, after all, Ying Zheng went to the Western Regions in the summer, and the order issued by the Western Regions at that time, how could there be cotton.

The envoys of the State of Chu seemed to have thought of one thing with Sima Hong, and before they received news from Sima Hong, they had already purchased goods in the State of Chu.

By the time Sima Hong's messenger arrived in the state of Chu, the caravan transporting cotton was already on its way.

Those who are far-sighted will always be able to see the opportunity.

There are only two people left in the hall, Ying Zheng and Ji Fa.

"Senior, this mansion was originally Lu Buwei's prime minister's mansion, how is it, is it magnificent?" Ying Zheng asked.

At the mention of Lü Buwei, Ji Fa's face changed slightly, but he still said, "Style, this regent's powerful minister is just different."

What seems to be a mocking sentence contains the deep meaning behind it, but no one knows.

Ying Zheng put away his smile and looked at Ji Fa very seriously: "Senior, is the widow a little unkind to Lu Buwei?"

Ji Fa shook his head slowly and said, "In the old man's plan, he was originally a blackface character, and everything he did did did not deviate in any way, as for this fate, he must have already figured it out."

"But I always feel that I owe him a great deal." Ying Zheng pursed his lips and said.

Ji Fa sighed lightly and said, "Not only you, but even the old man owes too much to the people of the Lu clan. At the beginning, you said that you were going to worship the princess, but this was not the old man's idea."

"Then for the Lu clan, won't we make a little compensation?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Compensating the people of the Lu clan, the old man has really thought about it." Ji Fa said, "It's just that I haven't found a more suitable method, and the millennium plan you designed is obviously not suitable for them to participate."

"It's not appropriate." Ying Zheng said, "So I went to ask Lü Buwei last time, and the final result of the discussion was to let Lü Wen help Liu Bang, so that the replacement of the country could be carried out smoothly."

"That's the way to go." Ji Fa said, "Then I don't know how you want Lu Wen to help him?"

Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't have a specific idea either, I just asked him to approach Liu Bang and then give him help."

Ji Fa thought for a while and said, "What do you think of letting the descendants of the Lu family sit with Liu Bang?"

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What does the predecessor mean by dividing Huaxia into two countries?"

Ji Fa shook his head and said, "What the old man means is to merge Liu Bang and the Lu family into one family."

"Oh?" Ying Zheng asked, "How is it legal?"

"Huh." Ji Fa smiled and said, "Just like you and Uzen."

Ying Zheng: "......"

Ji Fa smiled undiminishedly, and continued: "I heard Li Si say that Lu Wen has a young daughter, named Lu Pheasant, according to the old man, it is better to marry Liu Bang when she grows up."

Ying Zheng's face was slightly embarrassed and said, "But Lu Wen's daughter is only three or four years old this year, and Liu Bang is already eighteen years old, the difference between the two is too great, I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

"If you want to give the Lu family justice, and you can control Liu Bang, this move is undoubtedly the best strategy." Ji Fa stroked his white beard and said, "As for the Lu family, the old man will go and say it himself."

"Okay then."

Ji Fa said so, of course Yingzheng would not refute it, and then said the location of Lu Buwei's safe.

In Ying Zheng's view, Tiancheng does owe too much to the Lu family.

Yourself right away

If you want to worship Taigong, how can you not give his descendants an explanation?

"After Lü Buwei went into hiding, was there any turmoil in the court?" Ji Fa asked with concern.

After all, Ji Fa was once a generation of emperors, and the sudden resignation of a powerful minister who covered the sky with one hand is self-evident what it means to the court situation, and Ji Fa certainly understands this.

"The situation in the court is quite stable, it's just ......" Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment before saying, "The position of the left prime minister is too important, and suddenly there is a change, and many of them have to be re-run-in, and Changping Jun doesn't seem to have entered the role quickly."

Ji Fa nodded and said, "Indeed, if it was Lu Buwei, he would have thought of it a long time ago."

"Changping Jun has made great contributions to Chang Yu's rebellion, and he should be reused in both sense, but he seems to be more suitable for assisting others, and lacks some courage to take charge of himself." Ying Zheng said, "But in today's temple, there is no more suitable candidate than him."

Ji Fa shook his head and said, "If you think like this, it means that it is not him who has not entered the role, but you."

Ying Zheng didn't speak, just looked at Ji Fa puzzled.

"If Changping Jun is not your minister, and he has not participated in your thousand-year plan, he will always be an outsider to our Tiancheng lineage." Ji Fa said, "Wouldn't it be tiring if you had to keep an eye out for your own state of secrecy all the time?"

Ying Zheng nodded slightly.

"Besides, Changping Jun's identity, after all, is the son of the Chu State, if you send troops to attack Chu at that time, what choice do you think he will make?" Ji Fa continued to ask.

This habit of answering questions by asking questions, Ying Zheng finally knew who Li Si learned from.

"If a man is not up to his job, let him not be too forced." Ji Fa said, "And for Changping-kun, maybe you have a better way to use it."

"Better usage?" Ying Zheng looked puzzled.

"yes." Ji Fa said, "As we said just now, if you attack Chu, Changping Jun may change his title, so why not take advantage of this? Sometimes, it's also a good idea to create some opponents for yourself or future generations."

"It's like when Lü Buwei summoned Chang Yu into the palace."

Ying Zheng pondered for a moment, then looked at Ji Fa and said, "I understand this truth, but I don't know, what does the senior want me to do?"

"Huh." Ji Fa laughed, "This is your time, everything has to be decided by yourself, and the old man is just giving you some advice."

"Understood, I'll think carefully about how to deal with this." Ying Zheng seemed to suddenly think of something, and then said, "By the way, Jiuding is in the Treasure Pavilion in this mansion, I'll take my seniors to take a look."

"Okay, let's take a look." Ji Fa's eyes, which had always been calm, also suddenly showed a glimmer of divine light.

Ying Zheng took Ji Fa through the garden, came to the treasure pavilion next to the waterhole, ordered the guards to open the gate, and the two walked in together.

After coming to the dense stone underground, Ying Zheng lit the spare torch and led Ji Fa to the front of the nine big dings.

Ji Fa looked at the nine big tripods and sighed worriedly: "Old guys, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Airplanes......

The nine big tripods seemed to be responding to Ji Fa, and in each tripod body, there was a resonance that was not loud, but could be heard clearly!

"This ......" Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and only squeezed out a trace of mosquito sound in his throat that he couldn't even hear.

"Don't be surprised." Ji Fa gently patted Yingzheng's arm and said, "This Jiuding was made by the old man, and like the Xuanyuan Sword, they have a spiritual connection with our Tiancheng lineage."

"Oh, no wonder." Ying Zheng said, "The last time I came to see Jiuding, I was burned."

Then, Ying Zheng briefly told Ji Fa what happened last time.

"Well, now that you have lifted the ban and awakened your bloodline, they are confirming your identity." Ji Fa said.

"This Jiuding...... Is it really that spiritual?"

Ying Zheng muttered.

"Yes, with the Heavenly Eye, the Maker will activate their spirituality, and to outsiders, they will never be revealed, or no one will be able to stimulate their spirituality except for the Heavenly Inheritance." Ji Fa said, walked in front of the big ding at the front, and put his hand on a bulge on the ding's body.

In a moment, I saw that the body of this big tripod was faintly covered with a layer of pale red halo, and it flickered and dimmed, as if a firefly was flickering.

And the place that Ji Fa touched was even more red, very similar to the situation that Ying Zheng saw last time.

Syllable!

With a sound, I saw that the ears of this big tripod were raised by more than an inch upward, as if they suddenly popped out from the upper edge of the tripod body.

What is this operation?

Before Ying Zheng could ask, Ji Fa said, "In this way, Jiuding is activated, and you can step up and see inside it."

"Hmm." Ying Zheng answered, moved a ladder, and climbed to the top edge of this big ding.

Holding the torch and looking inside, Ying Zheng was taken aback.

I saw that inside the belly of Jiuding, rows of water ripple-like fine lines appeared, and the depression in the middle was the same, and relatively small round holes also appeared.

If it weren't for Ying Zheng's eyesight being stronger than before, it is estimated that he would not have noticed the existence of these round holes.

And within this belly, the overall look looks like a dark iron compass.

"Don't go inside." Ji Fa reminded, "If you look carefully, come down."

"Hmm." Ying Zheng walked down the ladder.

Looking at Ying Zheng's expression, Ji Fa smiled and asked, "What, is it strange?"

"Uh......" Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "I didn't expect that this Jiuding actually has another form."

"Didn't the old man tell you that our predecessors used Jiuding to restore the natural source power, if these are just a dead tripod, then how to use it." Ji Fa said.

"Understood." Ying Zheng smiled and said, "This tripod is like a dark iron snail, it has different forms, and it also has different functions and functions in different forms."

"Yes, you also saw the inside of the body, doesn't it feel very similar to the dark iron snail in the form of a compass?" Ji Fa asked.

"Well, it feels like that." Ying Zheng said.

"Actually, it's the same thing." Ji Fa patted Ding's body lightly and said, "The source power of Tianmu is not endless, and Jiuding plays a role in transporting energy to it."

"At the bottom of the belly, the structure resembling a grinding disc can grind the power it contains, transfer this part of the energy to the Heavenly Eye, and then guide the Heavenly Eye to release the source power."

"So, this is also the reason why the lower four layers of the Martial King's Mausoleum are all original grain seeds."

Ying Zheng blinked his eyes and asked, "It turns out that this is the function of the original grain seed."

"Yes." Ji Fa said, "Put the original grain seed into the activated Jiuding, you can grind it clean and transfer the power."

"And what if you don't have so many raw grains?" Ying Zheng asked, "Can you replace it with something else?"

"Absolutely." Ji Fa replied, "Among the medicinal herbs, even humans and animals can be."

Ying Zheng's scalp was numb for a while, he stuck out his tongue and said: Forget it. But I wonder if the raw grains we store are enough?"

"This time the restoration of the natural source force is the ultimate action, and it is difficult for the old man to say how much heavenly energy it will take." Ji Fa frowned and said, "That's why at the beginning, the old man let you try to cultivate the original grain."

"Okay." Ying Zheng said firmly, "Then at the beginning of spring next year, the planting of raw grain seeds will be fully implemented!"

"Well, it's up to you." Ji Fa said, pointed to the big ding in front of him, and said, "Come, give me your hand."

Although he did not hesitate, the fingertips of Ying Zheng's outstretched right hand trembled slightly.