The First Emperor ascended Laishan the next day and offered sacrifices to the Moon Lord with Qin rites.

In order to shoot the emperor's sycophants, Bai Qi, the Shou of Jiaodong County, made the scene very big, and even pulled all the Qi people from the ten miles and eight townships around Huang County to the bottom of the mountain to make up the numbers.

The First Emperor was satisfied with this, and this time he sacrificed to the Eight Divine Lords of Qi along the way, precisely to express an attitude to the Qi people, so as to stabilize the Qi land and let these Qi people integrate into the rule of the Qin State ideologically.

After completing the ritual of the Moon Lord, the First Emperor's mind could no longer be suppressed, faster than his body, and flew straight to Zhifu Island in the southeast.

He wanted to see the sea, which he had been thinking about for a long time.

The first emperor, who is the lord of the world, has never seen the sea in the mouth of the world, which has always been a regret in his heart.

Lu Sheng, Han Zhong and other scholars kept boasting in his ears about the vastness of the ocean, boasting about the legendary overseas immortal mountains, as well as the immortal immortals and immortal elixirs on the immortal mountains, which made the First Emperor quite excited.

The First Emperor longed for immortality, but he was not a fool.

He has always been skeptical about the things that Lu Sheng and others bragged about, especially after the outbreak of Hou Yan's incident, his trust in these monks has plummeted.

In addition to accomplishing some political goals, this time he went on a tour of the east, and it was also a reason to see the sea and verify whether the things Lu Sheng and others said were true.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing.

If Lu Sheng and the others could convince him here, then the First Emperor could naturally give the same funding to the scholars as King Qi Wei and King Yan Zhao to go to sea to find immortals.

Under such circumstances, at the beginning of July of the 28th year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor's convoy finally arrived in the county of 腄 (chuí), which is located on the seashore.

It was just a small coastal county, with a small city and no characteristics, which could not arouse the interest of the emperor and the accompanying ministers.

It was just a transit point, and the emperor's goal was to take a boat from the harbor of Yu County to Zhifu Island, which was not far away.

The ship is a large building ship transferred from Langya, which belongs to the original Qi State Boat Division, and is the navy of Qi that is proud of the world. It's a pity that after the battle of Zhencheng and Zhao Tuo's soldiers besieged Linzi, Qi Wangjian soon surrendered the whole country, making the Qi people's boat division useless.

Except for a small number of Qi people who were unwilling to surrender to Qin, who fled to the Korean Peninsula by boat, most of the Qi Zhou Division directly surrendered to the Qin army, and now it happens to be used as a vehicle to escort the emperor to Zhifu Island.

"Your Majesty, this is the sea, its vastness and immensity, and no one knows where the end of the sea is."

After getting on the ship, Lu Sheng and Han Zhong gathered around the First Emperor and introduced him to the sea scenery.

The First Emperor stood at the bow of the ship with a calm face, his eyes fixed on the endless sea in the distance. Regarding the words of Lu Sheng and the others, he nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

"The ...... of the sea"

The First Emperor looked out at the endless sea in the sea breeze, and he didn't know what was going on in his head.

After a while, he looked back at Hu Hai, who was cheering on the deck.

He asked, "Huhai, how does it feel to see the sea?" ”

"O sea, so much water!"

Hu Hai shouted loudly, and the child was naturally very happy when he saw the sea for the first time.

The First Emperor shook his head with a smile, looked at Zhao Tuo with a calm face next to him, and nodded secretly.

Compared with others, this son really has the style of a general.

Zhao Tuo stood by the side of the boat, let the sea breeze blow on his body, only to feel open-minded, nothing unusual, he had been on a ship in his previous life, and he had experience in sea navigation.

The baby next to him was already yellow, and his legs were trembling.

In fact, the children and babies are all fine, and the ministers and ministers not far away have different faces, and many of them have shown seasickness.

For example, when the scholar shot Li You, his face was already blue and yellow, his teeth were clenched, and the whole person was shaky, as if he could spit it out at any time.

Or feeling Zhao Tuo's gaze, Li You looked over from the side, stiffened his face, and nodded quietly at Zhao Tuo.

"Brother Li is really a real man, he is seasick to the point that his face has changed, and he can still endure it."

Zhao Tuo secretly gave Li You a thumbs up.

Leaving the First Emperor and the two scholars to continue to talk about the sea, Zhao Tuo went to talk to the Qin general who commanded the ship.

Although he led the Qin army to fight in the south and the north, sweeping away the princes and the Hu people, he actually never fought a water battle.

In the battle of destroying Qi, the other party directly surrendered the whole country, and things such as receiving the boat division were all done by his generals, Zhao Tuo didn't know much, and now he was a little curious about the ship technology of this era.

After a conversation, when he heard that there were Qi people who went directly to North Korea by boat, Zhao Tuo was quite surprised.

"The shipbuilding technology of the Qin Dynasty is good, and it can lead to Liaodong and Korea."

It is normal to think about it, in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 200 years ago, Wu Wangfucha once led the boat division to cross hundreds of miles across the sea to expedition to the Qi country, although the result of the Wu army was defeated by the Qi army boat division, but it was to create a historical record of the sea expedition.

If you push back from Qin, a hundred years later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also sent an army of 50,000 to conquer Korea across the sea with building ships.

Therefore, it was normal for sea ships of this era to reach Korea, and it was not impossible to even go to the Japanese archipelago. However, because the navigation technology is not developed enough, coupled with the changeable sea breeze, and the sea surface is often shrouded in fog, most ships need to sail close to the coast, that is, the so-called "geocultural navigation", and the navigation and direction must be determined by the objects on the ground.

If you want to really ride the wind and waves and sail across the sea, you must have an experienced navigator.

"In terms of navigation, the most famous in the entire Qin Dynasty is Xu Shi. I don't know if this old boy really ran to Japan as the emperor in history. ”

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Zhifu Island is not big, it is not more than 20 miles long, the widest part is only four or five miles, but its scenery is unique, its strange rocks are craggy by the sea, the cliff is steep, the trees on the island are dense, lush and vibrant, sometimes there are seabirds flying over, between the blue sea and blue sky, there is a different scene.

Such a scene had never been seen by the First Emperor, who had lived inland for a long time, and many ministers and ministers, except for the seasick man who staggered after getting off the ship, everyone else looked around in amazement.

At this moment, Bai Qi, the accompanying Jiaodong County Shoubaiqi, reported an important matter to the emperor in public.

"Today, there is Langya Fangshi Xu Shi, who hunted a strange beast in the sea, and is now imprisoned in Zhifu, and is specially dedicated to Your Majesty."

"Zhao Xu City is here to see."

The First Emperor spoke lightly.

This news, Bai Qi, Lu Sheng and others had already told him privately before this, which aroused his expectations, and now he is reporting it in public, and he wants to show it in front of the public secretaries.

"Beasts of the sea?"

"Strange beasts, what strange beasts!"

All the ministers were curious because of the word strange beast.

Only Zhao Tuo was surprised by the name of the alchemist.

Xu City!

"Why did I just think about Xu Shi, Xu Shi came."

Zhao Tuo was stunned inexplicably, he just thought of the glorious deeds of the navigator Xu Shi on the boat, but as soon as he got on the island, the other party came, which was really a coincidence.

However, Zhao Tuo quickly reacted, looking at Lu Sheng and Han Zhong who were smiling, and he had a bottom in his heart.

"Good guy, Fang Shi is in tandem, Lu Sheng hooked the emperor to Zhifu Island, in addition to the mirage, this Xu Shi is afraid that it is one of his hole cards. I'm going to see what strange beasts he can come up with. ”

While Zhao Tuo was thinking, he saw a middle-aged monk with a wide robe and big sleeves on the island, who was following two Qin pawns.

When he got closer, Zhao Tuo saw that Xu Shi was about forty years old, with a round face and a long beard, kind eyebrows, and a little festive.

"Minister Xu Shi, please see Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty has no borders."

Xu Shi stepped forward and bowed to the first emperor.

Everyone's expressions changed.

Sycophants!

Zhao Tuo scolded in his heart, he had never seen such a shameless person.

Even Lu Sheng and Han Zhong frowned slightly, feeling that Xu Shi's ability was not small.

The original meaning of the word "minister" is the meaning of slave, even if there is no official position in the pre-Qin period, you can also call yourself a "minister", Xu Shi's self-proclaimed is no problem, the most important thing is that he is followed by a sentence "longevity without borders".

This sentence comes from "Poetry Xiaoya", the so-called Jun said Buer, longevity is boundless.

It is to wish people a long and long life, and there is no end to it.

The first emperor originally wanted to live forever and live forever, but now Xu Shi came up with a sentence of longevity.

This sycophant slapped directly into the emperor's heart.

The First Emperor was really smiling, and he had a good impression of Xu Shi, the first time he met.

He waved his hand and said: "Xu Qing is exempt, Jiaodong County said that you have a strange beast in the sea that you want to sacrifice to me, I don't know what this strange beast is?" ”

Zhao Tuo looked at the past, he was also curious about what this Xu Shi could come up with, and he dared to call it a "strange beast in the sea".

Xu Shi grinned.

"Your Majesty, the minister was guided by the immortals, and he obtained a strange beast He Luoyu in the sea, and he came to present it to His Majesty."

Zhao Tuo blinked.

Ho Luo fish?

(End of chapter)