In October of the thirtieth year of Qin Shi Huang, the Qin capital Xianyang was decorated with lanterns and was celebrating the New Year.

In the past half a month, the good news from Hexi and Haidong has been transmitted back to Xianyang, which made all the Qin people in the city happy, and the first emperor in the Qin palace laughed even more when he got these two good news.

"Wang Li, this kid is good, he deserves to be Wang Qian's grandson, and he didn't disappoint me."

"Li Xin is also very good, he is ashamed and then brave, first recovering Liaodong, breaking Donghu, and now destroying North Korea and killing the sea, which makes me feel very relieved."

"Hexi, Haidong, all for my Great Qin."

Looking at the map of the world in front of the case, the First Emperor's eyes lit up.

He personally wrote and enclosed these two newly conquered lands into the territory of the Qin state.

"To the west of the river, a new county should be established."

The First Emperor surveyed the terrain west of the river and a piece of land further west known as the Western Regions.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Hexi is like the arm of my Great Qin, stretching out to the land of Kunlun. Let's take Zhang Ye, in order to take Zhang Guo's arm, in order to pass the meaning of the Western Regions. ”

"The name of Zhangye given by Your Majesty shows that my Great Qin wants to raise his arm and take the majestic and domineering power of the Western Soil, which is wonderful!"

Zhao Gao slapped a sycophant at the same time.

The corners of the First Emperor's mouth hooked slightly, and he turned his head to look at the east side of the map.

The land of Haidong has now been discovered by Li Xin, and in the good news he presented to Xianyang, there is a brief topographical map drawn by the Qin officials in the army.

It was a long and narrow peninsula of indigenous barbarians, all of whom had been conquered by the Qin army, with the exception of the Kei Joseon, a state founded by the remnants of the Yin Shang dynasty.

The peninsula is not rich in products, the land is not fertile, according to Li Xin, most of the area is mountainous and hilly, and there is not much value for development.

"It's useless, but since it's been defeated, it's my territory."

The First Emperor looked at the outline of the Haidong Peninsula, the land of Sanhan was not in the original plan of the Qin army, but Li Xinda had beaten it down, and it was naturally impossible for him to spit out the meat in his hand.

"The land of the former Korea is set up as Haidong County, which governs the northern Zhuyiluo."

"The land of the original Three Hans is now the easternmost land of my Great Qin. Then take the sunrise light, the meaning of the first light in this place, set it as Rizhao County. ”

Zhangye, Haidong, Rizhao.

In the blink of an eye, the First Emperor added three counties to the territory of Great Qin.

Zhao Gao boasted: "Your Majesty has unified Zhuxia, and now he is far away from the barbarians, and he has built land outside the territory. In today's Liuhe, the emperor's land, take quicksand in the west, reach the north household in the south, have sunshine in the east, and end in the Yin Mountain in the north. ”

"This is really a great feat that has never been done in ancient times, and I ask Your Majesty to carve stones in the four corners to praise your Majesty's deeds."

Carved stone and praise gong!

Zhao Gao's proposal was poking at the heart of the First Emperor.

He bowed his head and said: "In this case, when Wang Li and Li Xin returned to their masters, they were ordered to carve stones in Zhangye and Rizhao to praise Qin Gong." The Jiuyuan county guard also carved stones on the Yin Mountain. As for the south side. ”

At this, the First Emperor's eyes narrowed.

He stared at the map.

In the south of Changsha County and Qianzhong County, there is also a vast land.

……

"Zhangye, the two counties of Haidong are good, but what is the situation of this sunshine?"

When the edict of the first emperor to establish new counties was issued, Zhao Tuo was a little confused.

Isn't Rizhao from Shandong, how did it run to the Korean Peninsula?

But after thinking about it, Zhao Tuo became happy again.

The emperor himself named the county, which has the claim of "since ancient times".

With the name of Rizhao in the past, the Korean Peninsula has been branded with the Great Qin, which is a good thing for future generations.

"It seems that General Li will leave some soldiers to guard the peninsula and wait for the imperial court to appoint officials. He himself should have led a large army back to Xianyang to offer prisoners to the emperor. Wait until the second half of the year, and you will be able to meet him. ”

Zhao Tuo smiled, since he and Li Xin parted ways on the way in the first battle of Vaqi, they haven't seen each other for almost four years now, and they naturally miss it in their hearts.

He hoped that after Li Xin's successive victories, he would be able to truly untie the knot in his heart and no longer be troubled by the defeat of Vachu.

With the emperor's edict to set up counties and order the commanders of the two armies to be squad, Zhao Tuo's mind was retracted from the two battlefields, and his eyes were redirected to the court.

It is now October of the thirtieth year of Qin Shi Huang, and the imperial court has completed last year's work, and has carried out promotions, appointments, and dismissals according to the assessment results of various official offices, and has begun a new round of personnel changes.

At the New Year's court, Emperor Shi announced an appointment related to Jiuqing.

The emperor announced the appointment of Zhao Tuo, the marquis of martial arts, on the grounds that he had mastered the law of public defeat and had produced a number of artifacts that were beneficial to the country.

No one raised any objection to the appointment of Wugong Hou to the Shaofu again.

Fertilizer, Quyuan plow, papermaking, cavalry three treasures, clairvoyant mirror, water mill......

Zhao Tuo entered Qin for ten years, and these things made the Qin State greatly enhance its national strength, and its achievements were remarkable, and it can be called the most capable one since the establishment of Shaofu, and everyone was convinced.

Some people even praised and criticized: "I see the world, only the martial arts marquis is worthy of the position of Shaofu." Other people occupy that position, and in a year, they can't even invent anything useful, which is simply a mediocre person's high position, wasting the country's money and food. ”

The predecessor of Shaofu Bai Gan was a subordinate of Zhao Tuo when he served in Shaofu before, and served as a Shaofu worker. Because he followed Zhao Tuo to make inventions, he saved a lot of credit, and he was born in the Bai family of Yixian County, so he is considered a famous family.

After Zhao Tuo led his troops to the expedition, the First Emperor promoted him to Shaofu and asked Bai Gan to continue to preside over several projects left by Zhao Tuo.

Bai Gan is actually a capable official, and he is also a Shaofu worker, so he is familiar with the situation in Shaofu.

During his tenure, he implemented several projects left by Zhao Tuo very well, and he was a good official of Shoucheng.

But it's a pity that everyone compares him with Wugong Hou, and he immediately looks very incompetent and mediocre.

If you can't invent something good, is it still worthy of being a young house?

Under Zhao Tuo's involution, the First Emperor was very dissatisfied with Bai Gan, who could not engage in invention and creation.

Shaofu that can't be invented is not a good Shaofu.

When he appointed Zhao Tuo as the new Shaofu, he conveniently released Bai Gan as the county guard of a county.

It's just that this county is a little far away, and it is Rizhao County, which has just been established on the Haidong Peninsula.

Transferred to the day to take care of the county guard, I'm afraid it's not with the local Sanhan barbarians as a companion.

Such an appointment made Zhao Tuo a little stunned.

If he remembers correctly, when he first became a Shaofu, the former Shaofu at that time was transferred by the emperor to Huiji County to serve as a county guard.

"This position is poisonous, if you don't do it well, you have to go and be with the barbarians."

Zhao Tuo muttered in his mouth.

At the same time, he was also very happy that the position of Shaofu was more appetizing to him than the prime minister or the like.

"It's going to be a big fight again!"

Zhao Tuo's eyes lit up, and he thought that after the First Emperor was appointed and dismissed at the court meeting, he called him to the palace and encouraged: "Do a good job, I am waiting for you to surprise me." ”

A bold idea suddenly popped up in Zhao Tuo's mind.

"Maybe you can try to study gunpowder."

"Look at me gathering the power of the entire Great Qin and making him a big thing!"

(End of chapter)