"It's a side hall, not a dormitory."

Zhao Tuo stood at the door and nodded slightly.

He could vaguely guess the reason why the emperor couldn't wait to call him and Sugartha here after the celebration banquet.

After the eunuch gave the order, Zhao Tuo took off his shoes outside the hall and walked in.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw that the First Emperor was sitting on the gorgeous imperial couch, with his head down, and he was seriously looking at the silk unfolding on the table.

Sugarsha knelt on the ground, half-leaned, holding a pen in her hand, as if she was writing something on the silk.

Zhao Tuo blinked, this looks like a scene of parents supervising their children's homework.

But it was only for a moment that he understood that the long spread out on the desk was a map.

Sugartha was drawing something on the map with her pen.

The First Emperor looked very serious, his gaze following Sugartha's pen.

Zhao Tuo stood silently to the side and did not make a sound to disturb.

After a while, Su Jiasha put down the brush in her hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is what the concubine knows, the general situation west of the Yue Clan. However, the concubines had not been to these places, and had mostly heard from the clansmen and merchants who came and went, and this map should be different from the actual situation. ”

Qin Shi Huang nodded, it is normal to have differences.

He stared at the place where Su Jiasha had finally stopped writing and asked, "How far is the Dawan you are talking about from my Da Qindang." ”

Su Jiasha thought for a moment and said, "About more than 10,000 miles." ”

The First Emperor's brows furrowed, his fingers twitched lightly on the desk, and he whispered in his mouth: "More than ten thousand miles." ”

The journey of thousands of miles, in today's era, can be said to be an extremely long distance.

And I heard Su Jiasha say that in this tens of thousands of miles, there are many places such as deserts and Gobi, which are not thoroughfares.

However, the First Emperor did not dwell on this issue.

If the people of the Western Regions can come from there, the army of Great Qin will naturally be able to go there.

He raised his head and looked at Zhao Tuo, who was standing in the hall with his hands down.

"Minister Zhao Tuo, meet Your Majesty."

Zhao Tuo hurriedly bowed, no matter what his title was, seeing himself as the emperor's father-in-law, the etiquette must be in place.

The First Emperor smiled and said, "Wugong Hou, you come to my side and look at this map." ”

"Yui."

Zhao Tuo responded and stepped forward.

Su Jiasha looked at the prime minister sideways, and when she saw Zhao Tuo's figure, there was a hint of stability in her eyes.

Zhao Tuo didn't notice this, his eyes fell on the map spread out on the desk.

Daqin resides in the center of the map.

Outside the 36 counties of the Qin State, there are words marked Donghu and Korea in the northeast, and there are Southwest Yi and Yue people in the south.

The areas of Henan, Yinshan and other areas that were just laid down by Zhao Tuo were also circled by the pen.

The names of Beidi, Jiuyuan and other counties are written on it, and it is actually that the vast land has been planned, and part of it is assigned to Beidi County, and part of it is Jiuyuan County.

However, Zhao Tuo only glanced at these places, and his gaze swept over the location of the Yue clan to the west of the river, and fell to the names of those countries written by Su Jiasha further west.

Wusun, Loulan, Jingjue, Guizi (qiū cí) ......

All the way to the westernmost Dawan!

The map was drawn a little sloppily, and Zhao Tuo looked so-so, and he didn't know if the drawing was right.

After all, he had only heard stories about Princess Wusun, Queen Exquisite and the like, and there were many small countries in that place, how could he remember which country was on whose side.

However, Zhao Tuo knew very well that the place where these countries were located was what was often referred to in later generations as the Western Regions.

It is the only way for China to communicate with the West.

Just when Zhao Tuo looked at the map, the first emperor's excitement had calmed down, but there was a touch of firmness in his eyes.

Why did he rush to call Sugartha over after the celebration banquet.

Is it because this woman's beauty makes him want to be pampered and can't wait?

If so, then what did he call Zhao Tuo to do?

The First Emperor was not very interested in women.

For him, the reason why he was in such a hurry was mainly because Su Jiasha's Yue Clan's noble daughter was born, which could bring him information about the western world.

Prior to this, he had known through sporadic channels that there was a very vast land further west of the Yue Clan, but he had no way of knowing what it looked like.

He was eager for it.

The First Emperor reached out and untied a piece of jade ornament from his waist and placed it in the place on the map.

"Wugong Hou, do you know where this jade comes from?"

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and saw that the jade was as white as cream, flickering with a faint luster under the flickering lights.

Good jade!

Zhao Tuo is from an aristocratic background, and he has some knowledge.

In addition, now that the emperor has put this jade on the map of the Western Regions, it is not clear what the answer is.

He responded: "Dare to say to Your Majesty, this is the jade of Kunshan?" ”

The First Emperor smiled and said, "Yes, this is the jade of Kunshan." In the past, I issued an order to expel guests, and Li Si wrote a book to admonish, and he used this jade of Kunshan as a metaphor. The jade of Kunshan is the treasure of the world, and it comes from Kunlun Mountain in the west! ”

Speaking of this, the First Emperor's eyes bloomed with excitement.

Kunlun!

Legend has it that the gods live on a sacred mountain.

Qu Yuan once asked: Kunlun Hanging Garden, where is it?

The nobles of Zhuxia have all heard the name of Kunlun, a sacred mountain.

But what is the land where Kunlun is located, is there a country, is there a civilization, is the land fertile or desolate, and what kind of products does it have?

Nobody knows.

For the First Emperor, it was an unknown territory.

And he is precisely a king with a strong desire to control and conquer.

The First Emperor was very eager to know what the world to the west of the Yue Clan was like, which was why he couldn't wait to call Su Jiasha and Zhao Tuo.

Now, he knew.

In the vast land of the west, the location of the legendary Kunlun Divine Mountain is actually a group of small countries!

The powerful Dawan has a population of hundreds of thousands and an army of 100,000.

Medium-sized countries have a population of tens of thousands, and there are only a few thousand soldiers.

Weak countries are even less worthy of mention.

As Sugartha said, she had heard from merchants from the West that there was a country of excellence, and the total population of the whole country was only three or four thousand, and the number of soldiers was five hundred.

What the hell!

In a country with five hundred troops, Daqin casually sent a two or five hundred lord out, and it was not all about beating each other.

In the eyes of the First Emperor, who destroyed the six kingdoms of the Ten Thousand Times, these countries were really too weak.

But they also occupy a very vast land, which seems to be worthy of many counties of Great Qin, including Kunlun, a sacred mountain that produces beautiful jade and is widely spread in the Zhuxia world.

In such a place, how could the First Emperor not have the desire to conquer.

He stared at Zhao Tuo and said with a light smile: "Where Kunlun is, there are countless small countries in Yuer, near Wusun, far away is Dawan, all of them are rotten wood and mud, I don't know that after defeating the Yue Clan, the martial arts marquis is willing to sweep the Western Regions for me and raise Qin's prestige in Kunlun!" ”

The First Emperor looked at Zhao Tuo with a smile.

This is his chance for this son-in-law to give himself.

Nineteenth level Lunhou.

He was only one step away from the rank twenty liege.

But this step must be a huge achievement.

Now the Great Qin Quartet, in addition to the Baiyue in the south, can barely be praised, like the Southwest Yi, Donghu, and North Korea, it is already not enough to upgrade the merits of the princes.

Don't you Zhao Tuo don't like me to fight Baiyue?

Then let's go fight the Western Regions!

It's big enough, there are enough countries, and there's Kunlun Sacred Mountain.

If you lay down there, you can make you a liehou directly!

The First Emperor's eyes were blazing.

He gave Zhao Tuo a chance, and he also thought that the man in front of him would agree to lay a big territory for himself.

In that expectant gaze.

Zhao Tuo secretly smiled bitterly.

He remembered that in his previous life, he had often seen a problem, if someone sent a world map to Qin Shi Huang's case.

What choice will this emperor of the ages make?

Will Great Qin unify the world?

Now, Sugarsha did not send a map of the world, but gave the First Emperor a map of the Western Regions and specific information.

The First Emperor was always looking for a purpose in his life.

Qin's military merit system has also been forcing the country to open up territory, so that military generals and Qianshou have a channel to rise.

Therefore, the state of Qin destroyed the six countries.

After destroying the six countries and fighting the Huns.

What about the Huns?

Hit Baiyue?

Except for Bai Yue, who is full of miasma, does the First Emperor have no purpose in life?

Could it be that the bloodthirsty monster of the Military Merit Lord is about to stop its tracks?

Now, Sugarsha has a new goal.

Defeat the Yue Clan, take the Western Regions directly, and take the legendary Kunlun Sacred Mountain!

The attraction of this goal even exceeds that of the land of Baiyue in the south.

Zhao Tuo understood the mind of the First Emperor.

also understands that he called himself here tonight, I am afraid that he is giving himself a chance to be promoted to a prince.

But he still shook his head slowly.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is not a good time to attack the Western Regions."

The smile on the First Emperor's face froze.

Zhao Tuo, rejected me?

Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked at the emperor in front of him.

The eyes are blazing, and they are all firm.

He didn't want to leave him again!

(End of chapter)