Xianyang City, the left is the hustle and bustle of the house.

"Alas, the last time I wrote to Brother Tu, I wanted to comfort him, but then he didn't reply to me, most likely because he was annoyed with me."

Ren Huan raised his glass and poured a sip of wine, and said helplessly: "Brother Tu, once you determine what things are like, then ten cows will not be able to pull them back." I persuaded Brother Zhao not to send him any more letters, first, it was useless, and secondly, it would only make Brother Tu angry, and when he finished beating Baiyue and made a contribution, he would be happy when he came back, and the previous things might be over. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo's bright eyes dimmed slightly.

For Tu Sui, he is very grateful.

In the original battle to destroy Wei, Zhao Tuo led the army to chase behind Wei Bao and Zhou Shi, and broke the Wei army under Xingyang City and made meritorious contributions. As a result, he was hated by his boss Huan Zhao, humiliated and bullied, and at that time, it was Ren Huan and Tu Sui who stood up and fought for him Zhao Tuo.

Especially Tu Sui, with the suppression of the title, Huan Zhao could only swallow his anger, and he didn't dare to do anything with Zhao Tuo.

Tu Sui admired Zhao Tuo's resourcefulness and courage, and invited him to have a banquet in Xingyang City, not proud of his age and title, and commensurate Zhao Tuo with his brother, and properly look like a righteous big brother.

Even later, he personally wrote a military report on the Battle of Xingyang to Wang Ben to express his merits for Zhao Tuo. Wang Ben promoted Zhao Tuo to a military candidate afterwards, and Tu Sui was credited with it.

Such a brother-like figure, Zhao Tuo likes it very much, and his relationship with Tu Sui has always been good.

Who knew that the two would have a quarrel over the matter of conquering Baiyue, and eventually the brothers became estranged.

"At that time, if Brother Tu led an army of 500,000 to conquer Baiyue, he was repeating history. It will inevitably lose its army in southern Xinjiang, which will not only be difficult to save his life, but will also drag the Qin State into a quagmire of war that is difficult to break free. I objected at the time, not only to save him, but also to save the Qin State. ”

Zhao Tuo felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He wanted to explain to Tu Sui after the court meeting at that time, but Tu Sui got angry, not only left quickly, but also refused Zhao Tuo's visit many times afterwards.

He didn't even reply to the letter that Zhao Tuo wrote to him, looking like he wanted to cut off contact.

This break is five years.

Now Tu Sui, as the county guard of Changsha, was appointed by the emperor as the deputy general of the Yue to assist Feng Wuxuan in attacking Baiyue.

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but worry when he thought about it.

Because the land of Baiyue is the place where Tu Sui died.

Even if history has been changed by Zhao Tuo, whether it is the main general, the strength or the time are very different from the original history, but the character of the person cannot be changed, and it is easy to make the same choice on some issues.

That's why he came to Ren Huan's mansion to discuss.

Ren Huan understood Tu Sui's character and persuaded him to leave this matter alone.

Zhao Tuo couldn't let go of this heart after all, and after returning to the mansion, he decided to write a letter to Tu Sui at the end.

In order not to make Tu Sui resist, Zhao Tuo no longer said in the letter the difficulty of conquering Baiyue, but deliberately flattered Tu Sui, and then mixed with some practical suggestions, hoping to help Tu Sui better win this war.

After the letter was sent, Zhao Tuo felt a little tired, he sat on the couch and looked at the sky outside the window.

It was gloomy, like it was going to rain.

After the emperor decided at the court meeting the candidates and troops for the expedition to Baiyue.

The entire Qin State was like a machine, running efficiently and quickly.

The Taiwei Mansion was responsible for coordinating the troops, determining the proportion of conscription in each county, and deploying various strategic matters.

Zhao Tuo's Shaofu temporarily stopped some unimportant projects and concentrated all his efforts to start producing more armor for use as a substitute.

The Zhisu Inner History Mansion had to transport grain and prepare military rations for the 200,000 army.

……

All departments are cooperating with each other and are preparing for this big battle.

The official dispatch of troops was set for the end of the autumn.

On the one hand, conscription should be after spring ploughing, so that the spring ploughing event can not be delayed, so that the follow-up military rations will be settled. At the same time, it will take a certain amount of time for the soldiers of each county to assemble and deploy to the corresponding places.

The second is to consider that the terrain in the south is mostly jungle and mountainous, and the climate is humid and hot.

According to the people of Dongou Yue who belong to it, there is no spring, summer, autumn and winter in Yuedi, but the dry season and the rainy season. The rainy season is not suitable for conquest, and it is easy for a large army to be wiped out when it enters. Therefore, choosing to enter after the fall, that is, in the dry season, can reduce many problems.

When Zhao Tuo inspected the workshops of Shaofu and watched the craftsmen pulling the bellows hard to forge the burned red iron into various weapons, he couldn't help sighing: "The national strength that has been accumulated with great difficulty is about to be in vain again." ”

As Zhao Tuo said, this time the First Emperor's expedition to Baiyue was unanimously approved in the court, and even he Zhao Tuo and the war-weary prince Fusu did not object.

Except that it was the war that the Yue people started first.

More importantly, in the 30th year of Qin Shi Huang, there were no new wars and major projects started in the entire Great Qin, and the military service and conscription were not heavy.

As for the treasury, there is also a lot of grain piled up, which can be consumed in a war.

Compared with the Qin Dynasty in the same period in history, the Great Qin of this time and space has opened several new wars because of Zhao Tuo's participation, but the actual national strength is actually stronger than the original history.

The reason for this is that Zhao Tuo's manure method and quyuan plough developed many years ago improved the agricultural production efficiency and grain output of this era, and after the unification of the Qin State, it was even more popularized to the whole world, so that the amount of grain harvested by the Qin State every year was very huge.

It was only because the wars were too frequent before, and the wars on all sides made the grain of the Qin State a little unbearable.

Last year, after resting for a whole year, he gave the empire a mouthful of blood, and this year, the two armies returned to the division, bringing back a lot of young people. The conscription is again after the spring ploughing, and the cultivation will not be delayed, and I think this year will also be a bumper harvest.

In the past, the Qin State relied on Guanzhong and Bashu to go east to fight against the Six Kingdoms, and there was no worry about food shortage.

Now there is the entire Kyushu world as a production area, and through two years of accumulation, it is enough to support a large-scale battle of Baiyue.

This is probably the confidence of the First Emperor to start this war.

I'm rich.

I have food.

I still have an untold army.

Baiyue, why can't you fight!

This big war is imperative, and no one can stop it.

However, the launch of this war woke Zhao Tuo up from his enthusiasm for inventions.

Technology can't save Daqin!

At least with the technology that Zhao Tuo can get now, it is not enough to change.

The increase in grain income, the improvement of metal smelting technology, and the emergence of all kinds of good things that are beneficial to the powerful country will not only not prevent the war, but will also give the First Emperor and the entire Qin State the confidence to keep waging war.

After fighting Baiyue, there are no new strong enemies around, maybe Xiu Xian will be able to curb the first emperor's desire to fight.

But what about the generals of the Qin State?

Maybe he will take the initiative to provoke the emperor to fight for poison.

Zhao Tuo closed his eyes.

In my mind, I thought of Qiang spitting in the court, dancing and shouting to personally lead the troops and sweep away Baiyue. As well as veterans such as Xin Sheng and Bai Meng, they all agreed with the gesture.

Even Tu Sui, the reason why he always wanted to attack Baiyue was also to make meritorious contributions and be promoted.

Zhao Tuo thought of the bold words he said in front of the First Emperor when he first entered the Qin State.

The eldest husband lives in the world, is born as a marquis, and dies as a temple food.

"It's an ascending channel!"

Zhao Tuo opened his eyes and had already grasped the core of the problem.

"Shang Ying's military merit system tied the entire Qin State to the chariot of non-stop war, and only non-stop conquest can make the generals and disciples promote meritorious service, so that the Qianshou at the bottom have the opportunity to climb up, which is the core reason why the Qin State was able to annex the Six Kingdoms."

"But now that it is unified, the form of the state is different. It is necessary to change from a country that admires military merit to a civilian state. It's just that it is difficult to stop the chariot of the Qin State, which has been running for hundreds of years. ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo felt that his head hurt.

To change this situation, we must first create a new upward channel.

Something immediately came to his mind.

"Imperial examinations?"

Zhao Tuo shook his head again.

The Qin Dynasty held the imperial examination, which seems unrealistic.