Chapter 497, Mirage
In the palace of King Qin, Ziyou and Yingzheng sat opposite each other.
"It's the fault of the widow that the teacher asked you to rush back from your hard work and come directly to see the widow. But is there no problem on Baiyue's side? Ying Zheng asked.
"There are basically no problems on Baiyue's side. I have already handed over the rest to Wang Qian, Tianze and the Zhu family, and the three of them should be able to stabilize Baiyue with each other. Ziyou said.
"That's fine. In the days when you are away, there has been no stability in the court. Ying Zheng said with a headache.
"I heard all about it on the way here, it was the conflict between the Fang Shi and the minister, didn't this matter settle because of a fire?" Ziyou said.
"It's calmed, but the widow thinks the minister won't give up. Yun Zhongjun can't be blamed for this matter, after he entered Xianyang, he has been honestly staying in the alchemy room, and his ears don't listen to what is going on outside the window, but the monks who are used to hide people's ears and eyes make the most trouble. If it weren't for the fear of these startling snakes, the widows would have wanted to bury these monks alive. Ying Zheng said.
"Most of these alchemists are charlatans of Fang Technicians, and it is cheaper to burn them to death." Ziyou said.
No matter how Yun Zhongjun said it, he was born in the Yin and Yang family, and he was still one of the five elders, so he still had the arrogance he should have, so he naturally disdained to be the same as these wild people.
"News has come from the Western Regions, the approximate location of Loulan has been found, but the entrance to Loulan has not been found." Ying Zheng said.
"Found it?" Ziyou said in surprise.
"That's right, this is the news sent back by Lu Jia's pedestrian army, Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai have taken control of the Cheshi Kingdom in the Western Regions." Ying Zheng handed over the information sent back from the Western Regions to Ziyou.
It is recorded in great detail, from the big and small events that Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai led the pedestrian army and the vanguard of the hundred schools into the Western Regions. Three years ago, Heyangli and Abatu occupied the Yanzhi Mountains and continued to advance westward, relying on war to open up the Hexi Corridor, two years ago, the Qin State set up Jiuquan and Wuwei two counties as a bridgehead to enter the Western Regions. Although the two cities had not yet been built, several forts were built to garrison the army.
Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai led the pedestrian army to find Loulan, but they came to Cheshi Country because they got lost. As one of the larger countries in the Western Regions, the Cheshi Kingdom was once subdued by Heyangli and Abatu and became a vassal state of the Youxian Wang's department. Later, the Youxian Wang Department was wiped out by the Qin army, and the Heyang and Abatu tribes migrated to the central area of the Youxian Wang Department, so the Cheshi Kingdom claimed to have gotten rid of the control of the two departments.
And after Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai knew about this, they felt that since Che Shiguo had surrendered to the Heyang Department and the Abatu Department before, and the Second Department had now surrendered to the Qin State and become a part of the Qin State, then the Cheshi State was naturally a vassal state of the Qin State, and now they actually announced that they had separated from the Second Ministry, that is, they had separated from the Qin State, which was a naked betrayal and a disobedience to the Wang Sect.
So the two of them took 300 marchers and 700 cavalry of the Heyang tribe for a total of 1,000 people, and attacked the Cheshi country, and the king of the Cheshi country heard that the Qin country had brought the cavalry of the Heyang tribe to attack them, and he was frightened at that time, but after learning that there were only 1,000 people, he was ready to move the army to prepare for a disgrace. But what the king of Cheshi didn't know was that the 700 cavalry of the Heyang Department were personally trained by Heyangliu to be contributed to Yingzheng as a reserve army for the Hu cavalry battalion, and the 300 pedestrian army of Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai was the elite of the Qin army. These 1,000 people are equivalent to 300 officers and 700 fierce and abnormal elite cavalry, plus the advanced weapons of the Qin State.
The pedestrian army broke 20,000 in a battle, and directly defeated the elite troops of the Cheshi country, and then 1,000 people directly defeated the royal city of the Cheshi country and captured the king of the Cheshi country. Lu Jia and the others didn't know the general situation of Che Shiguo, so they supported Che Shiguo's youngest son as a puppet.
It was precisely because of this battle that the prestige of the Qin State was quickly publicized before the large and small countries in the Western Regions, especially knowing that the Qin State had destroyed the powerful Xiongnu, which made these Western Regions countries tremble. They had no backhand in the face of the Xiongnu, and were beaten by the Xiongnu as a son, and the Xiongnu were beaten like sons in the face of Qin, as long as they were not stupid, these kings understood that Qin was the real grandfather.
In order to prevent Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai from attacking them with a large army, most of the countries in the Western Regions sent envoys to the Cheshi King City to meet the two, hoping to become vassal states of Qin and pay tribute to Qin.
After reading this letter, Ziyou was still in shock, although Che Shiguo was not the most powerful among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, it was also among the best, and was defeated by Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai.
"Not only that, teacher, take a look at this letter again." Ying Zheng looked complicated, took out another letter and handed it to Ziyou.
After Ziyou opened it curiously, the whole person was stunned.
"Senior Brother Lu Jia provoked the civil strife in Wusun Kingdom, and also provoked contradictions between Wusun Kingdom and other countries? How did he do it? Ziyou asked in surprise.
"The widow doesn't know, but Lu Jia's letter said: Wusun disobeys the king's religion and does not send envoys into the court, but despises the power of heaven. The corners of Ying Zheng's mouth rose and said.
There is no monarch who does not like such a minister who can fight with a good brain, who is loyal, and always puts the majesty of the king first. Zhao Gao looked at the corners of Ying Zheng's raised mouth, and thought of Ying Zheng's appearance in the hall after he had just gotten the letter.
Ziyou thought of his calm senior brother, who also had such an arrogant side, and was a little speechless, this was indeed bumped into by Lu Jia, Wusun Country not only fell into civil strife, but also let other powerful countries in the Western Regions go to war with Wusun, and at the same time secretly stirred up hatred between these countries, in this way, the entire Western Regions had to be provoked by Lu Jia and turned into a pot of porridge.
"Senior brother is indeed very capable, back then he disguised himself as an ordinary person and mixed into a famous family to learn the tongue argument skills of a famous family, and he also has the future head of a famous family by his side, Gongsun Bai, I carefully believe that they can indeed do it." Ziyou said.
"The happiest should be the vanguard of the hundred schools, the more chaotic the Western Regions are, the more they can play their role, so as to infiltrate these countries in the Western Regions." Ying Zheng said.
The peaceful Western Regions is not what the Qin State wants, nor is it what the Hundred Schools want. Only by letting the Western Regions become chaotic can the hundred schools of thought give full play to their true abilities. The most glorious time of the hundred schools is the time when small countries are everywhere in the Spring and Autumn Period, and civil strife continues.
"Senior brother, they have already taken the first step in the Western Regions, so we must follow as soon as possible. Lord, please allow me to take people to the Western Regions to find Loulan. Ziyou said.
"Okay, I also have this intention, when the teacher comes back from the Western Regions, the matter of Baiyue will be over." Ying Zheng said.
"Well, as for the matter over there, I'll take a look. Senior brother and Wen Xinhou will explain. Ziyou said.
"Then please teacher."
After Ziyou got up and saluted Yingzheng, he left straight to the alchemy room where Yun Zhongjun was.
At this time, Yun Zhongjun was sitting in front of a huge Dan furnace fiddling with some medicinal herbs, and the boys and girls on the side were keeping track of the fire at any time, and putting the medicinal materials selected by Yun Zhongjun into the alchemy furnace.
A waiter pushed open the door and saluted to the king of the clouds.
"Sir, Master Wang wants to see you outside the door."
"What?" Yun Zhongjun hurriedly got up, but after thinking of something, his eyes subconsciously looked at a boy on the side.
After seeing that the person didn't react, Yun Zhongjun coughed lightly and said
"Take it to the reception room."
"No."
Yun Zhongjun got up and instructed the person in charge of controlling the fire, and then headed towards the reception room.
When Yun Zhongjun arrived in the reception room, Ziyou was drinking tea, and after seeing Ziyou, Yun Zhongjun clenched his fists nervously.
"Meet Master Wang, the person in the Lower East China Sea, Xu Sheng, has met Master Wang." Yun Zhongjun saluted to the sub-parade.
"Well, I've heard of you, the pill you refined helped the king cure his headache, and I'm very satisfied. As for the matter in the court about Fang Shi misleading the country, I also know that you are not among them, you just want to refine the medicine well. Ziyou nodded and said.
"Thank you for your understanding, the king summoned me to Xianyang and gave me a high-ranking official, I naturally have to remember my identity and mission." Yun Zhongjun glanced at Ziyou's envoy and motioned for someone to be watching.
Ziyou smiled slightly, a little internal force condensed on his fingers, and then a little internal force suddenly dispersed, turning into countless golden butterflies and heading around, and the boy who was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping watched a golden butterfly fall on his shoulder.
Before the boy could react, Kingdee suddenly exploded, and the powerful internal force directly shattered the bones of the boy's body, and then the boy fell to the ground like a mess of mud.
"Okay, there's no one out there anymore." Ziyou said.
"Thank you, Master Wang, this person was sent by the descendants of the Protoss to spy on me." Yun Zhongjun said.
"Well, there must be someone else besides this person, right?" Ziyou said.
"That's right, as far as I know, the descendants of the Protoss have sent a total of six people to monitor me, of course, this is what I discovered, and there may be people who have not been discovered by me." Yun Zhongjun said.
"These people don't care about them, you just have to rest assured that everything is done. I'm coming to you this time for the court's business. Ziyou said.
"Don't worry, my lord, I have absolutely no involvement in those people's affairs." Yun Zhongjun said nervously.
Although Yun Zhongjun didn't fit those wild way monks before, his mentality was the same as them, thinking that Ying Zheng would not let them have an accident if he wanted to use them now. But LĂź Buwei's fire made them understand that as long as they harmed the interests of the Qin State, no matter who protected them, they would all die, even if Yingzheng would not let them go when the time came.
"I know, so you don't have to worry about these things, I'll help you take care of the affairs of the court. Correspondingly, you must help me hold these descendants of the Protoss back, so that they can wholeheartedly prepare for the sea, and not let them see the flaws. Ziyou said.
"Rest assured, the descendants of the Protoss have been bewildered by the news I sent. They all thought that the Great King had become completely obsessed with alchemy, and that the Great King had asked the Gong Loser and the Mo family to start studying the blueprints of the ships sent back from Baiyue, and were building a huge ship. Yun Zhongjun said.
"Hmm." Ziyou said.
"Is there anything else you have to say?" Yun Zhongjun asked.
"No, remember the task assigned to you, if you do a good job, I will revoke your wanted notice and give you a safe environment to study alchemy." Ziyou said.
"No."
After leaving Yun Zhongjun's place, Ziyou went to the Academy of Sciences, where he planned to see how the Gong Loser and the Mo family were studying Baiyue's ships.
Outside the gate of the Academy of Sciences, after three body searches, Ziyou entered the Academy of Sciences. The Academy of Sciences is still as busy as before, and Ziyou didn't bother them, but went straight to find the revenge and the relationship.
"The technology of this Baiyue ship is so advanced." Gong Yu and Xiang Li Guan looked at the model in the water and said.
"Home, it seems that you can see the excellence of the Baiyue Ship." Ziyou looked at the two and said with a smile.
"Meet Master Wang." The two saluted.
"How, tell me about the excellence of this Baiyue ship." Ziyou said.
"First of all, the ship is not manpower, but this sail. After our experiments, this sail is not only faster than human, but can also be adjusted to the wind direction at any time. The second is the bottom of his boat, which is different from the flat-bottomed boats in the Central Plains, they still have a pointed bottom, so that they can break through the wind and waves as much as possible and increase the speed of the boat. And their hulls are also built specifically for going to sea. Gong Defeat said
"I really didn't expect Baiyue to have such advanced shipbuilding technology." Xiang Li Guan sighed.
Listening to the words of the two, Ziyou nodded, in fact, he only knew that Baiyue's shipbuilding skills were very powerful, but he didn't know what it was, but now he knew. The current ships of Baiyue are actually the pointed bottom ships and sails that can cross the sea in later generations, and it is no wonder that the Baiyue sea ships recorded in the history books can sail from Jiaozhi to Huiji.
Is it strange that such a ship cannot travel like this? But thinking that Baiyue has built such a ship now, Ziyou is still very surprised, in history, the pointed bottom sea ships and sails have not appeared until thousands of years later. Thinking that such a technology has appeared in a gap of a thousand years, this makes Ziyou a little regretful, if Baiyue's shipbuilding technology continues, I am afraid that they will start the voyage.
However, thinking that the emperors of the Han Dynasty in history were not very interested in immortality and immortal cultivation, Ziyou can also understand why Baiyue's shipbuilding technology has not continued. What's more, in the early days of the Han Dynasty, the king of Baiyue was Zhao Tuo, and Zhao Tuo had been unwilling to return to the Han Dynasty, and Baiyue relied on ships to attack the Han Dynasty.
"Do you have the confidence to build a better ship?" Ziyou asked.
"Yes, after the Yin and Yang family heard about going to sea, they provided us with a drawing, and when these two drawings are combined, I believe that we will be able to build an unprecedented ship." Gong Defeat said with hatred.
(End of chapter)