Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 198 Your Majesty is so well-informed, did you know that orchids are thick and hairy?
Qin Mo heard Ying Zheng's yelling from a distance, and couldn't help crying and laughing at it. How much resentment is there, and he is so eager to see the jokes of the officials.

Slightly tilted, the car came to the front, and Qin Mo came out of the stronghold to greet him. He bowed his hands and replied with a smile: "Your lords are generous, and they are willing to donate money and food to support the Hexi Kingdom, and continue to build the Hexi Straight Road until it reaches outside the territory."

Ying Zheng jumped down from the carriage, and was stunned when he heard this.

His Jinyiwei secret agents may not have a thorough control over the countless villages under the Daqin County, but they have already penetrated every corner of Xianyang and even Guanzhong.

He knew the situation of the courtiers' homes well, not to say that he knew them in detail.

The tens of thousands of foreign hard labor who built the Hexi Straight Road, plus the common people who went to the construction site to earn pocket money during the slack, consumed money and food every day, like vampires, siphoning away the wealth of the courtiers.

To put it bluntly, the courtiers are those assholes. Outsiders look at the scenery, but in fact, in private, life is hard, and they are not as good as wealthy merchants.

If we continue to subsidize the construction of the Hexi Straight Road in this way, the courtiers will completely become laborers!
"A blunt knife cuts flesh, is it ruthless or Ai Qing... Poof ha ha ha..."

Ying Zheng sighed in pity, but he couldn't hold back before he finished speaking, and let out a very unmerited laugh.

Old Meng Wu, who has been eating melons all the time recently, also shook his shoulders with laughter.

Seeing that his father and old Meng Wu were not good, Fusu felt inexplicably ashamed and wanted to pretend that he didn't know them.

There are other martial arts students watching, so can't they leave some image?
"Old General Meng, don't laugh. Prime Minister Meng doesn't know how powerful he is, but he stopped talking, and he has to bear the bulk of the money and food for building the straight road."

Fu Su made a faint sound, reminding old Meng Wu.

"Hahahaha hiccup..."

Old Meng Wu's laughter stopped, and the smile on his face froze instantly, and then his face gradually turned black, as if he was constipated.

When the former ministers funded the construction of the Hexi Straight Road in Seine, the second son Meng Yi was one of them. .

Now the eldest son, Meng Tian, ​​has also fallen into the game by himself, and even speaks loudly, assuming the bulk of the money and food.

Can't say, it's another cheating bastard!
"Cough cough...Old Aiqing, don't be angry...children and grandchildren have their own blessings...ha ha cough cough cough..."

Ying Zheng seemed to be comforting old Meng Wu, but he couldn't help but smile, that look was worse than gloating.

Qin Mo, Zhao Gao, and a group of imperial guards and martial arts students couldn't help laughing when they saw old Meng Wu eating melons and eating them.

This is probably the case when extreme joy begets sorrow!
Only the kind and honest man Fusu said helplessly beside him: "Zhu Qing's dedication to the public is really admirable and admirable. You shouldn't ridicule."

clang--

Yingzheng knocked on Fusu's iron helmet first, then turned his head to look at him and cursed: "You're the one who loves the baby... Hey, who are you?!"

He was halfway through cursing before he finally saw Fusu's face clearly, and was so startled that he jumped up.

Ever since he got off the carriage, his attention had been on Qin Mo, and he had just helped Su to remind old Meng Wu that he could tell that he was a big boy, but his attention turned to the hard-working old Meng Wu.

So, since he got out of the carriage, this was the first time he looked at Fusu directly, and he was really taken aback by the dark and capable image of Hao Daer!
Fusu: "..."

Fusu stretched out his hand to touch his rough face, and said with nothing to love: "Father, my son participated in the military course of the Martial Arts Academy, so he got a little tan, isn't it that different from before?"

Ying Zheng calmed down and looked Da Er up and down again, the corners of Dan Feng's eyes couldn't help twitching crazily.

He has Jin Yiwei secret agents, in fact, he has already known Fusu, and participated in military courses in the martial arts hall.

It's just that no matter how big a father's brain is, he would never have imagined that Yushu Linfeng's big son would turn into such a black charcoal-headed image, he was like a different person.

Who dares to admit it? !

"Well, it's okay, very energetic."

Ying Zhengyan praised insincerely, but then instructed: "Don't go back to the palace if you have nothing to do, lest the queen see your... mental appearance, otherwise I'm afraid you will talk about me."

Fusu: "..."

As for that?
How much I have changed!

……

Later, accompanied by Qin Mo, Fu Su and Lao Meng Wu, Ying Zheng entered the camp to watch the martial arts students practice.

beep—

The martial arts students who practiced in the rain stopped in the midst of the sharp copper whistle, and then saluted Ying Zheng in unison: "I wait to pay my respects to Your Majesty~!!!"

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said, "Your Excellencies, you are welcome to practice."

"Here~!!!"

All the martial arts students shouted loudly.

Beep beep——

Cross across——

The rhythmic sound of the copper whistle and the marching sound of the uniform queue resounded through the camp again.

Accompanied by Qin Mo and others, Ying Zheng watched for a while, and the smell of food began to waft in the camp.

It was the martial arts students who were on duty in the Huotou army, and they cooked breakfast for the whole army!
The morning practice came to an end, and the martial arts students disbanded to eat and rest under the simple thatched shed that had been built.

Ying Zheng, Qin Mo and others also went to the camp of the Chinese army, Zhao Gao and the imperial guards went to fight for meals.

……

In the camp of the Chinese army.

Queen Pasade was still drawing on the silk cloth. After hearing the footsteps outside the tent, she looked up.

And Ying Zheng and old Meng Wu also saw the blonde Queen Pasade through the open curtain.

The monarch and his ministers were stunned for a moment, and then they all looked at Qin Mo.

Old Meng Wu frowned tightly, with dissatisfaction in his eyes. Like his son Meng Tian, ​​he was somewhat unacceptable. Qin Mo brought Hu Ji into the army.

Ying Zheng had a strange expression, his eyes were better than old Meng Wu's, and he could already see that Queen Pasade was drawing a map on silk.

Moreover, he also knew Qin Mo, he had always been rigorous and set an example when leading the army, and he would never mess around in the barracks.

However, Queen Pasade's mature beauty still made Ying Zheng wonder. After all, Qin Mo loves mature women, and he also understands.

Don't mess around in the army, can you take it home and do it...

"Aiqing, although orchids are exotic, they are heavy and hairy. In fact, they are not very useful. It seems that this kind of old Hu women who come to Daqin from thousands of miles, most of them want to make money, and they don't like it. Jie, it may cause some women's disease, so it should be used with caution."

Ying Zheng persuaded Qin Modao with concern.

Queen Pasade probably didn't understand what Ying Zheng said, but her face was blank.

Qin Mo nodded his head dumbfounded, and said, "Your Majesty is so well-informed, you know how thick orchids are?"

Old Meng Wu was secretly slandering Qin Mo, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but look suspiciously at Ying Zheng.

Immediately, she gave a knowing smile that any man could understand!
And Fusu was speechless, wanting to cover his ears.

He is not interested in his father's private life in the harem at all, and he doesn't even want to be interested!
"Cough cough cough..."

Ying Zheng noticed the speechless gaze of the big boy, and his square face inevitably became more square. He hurriedly coughed a few times in embarrassment, and changed the topic with Qin Mo, "This map drawn by Mrs. Hu extends from the Hexi Kingdom to the outside world? "

Old Meng Wu was stunned, and immediately went into the camp, and looked carefully at the huge silk cloth.

After a while, he realized that he had wrongly blamed Qin Mo, and he was surprised at the same time, "Where did Prime Minister Qin find this Hu Fu who has the ability to draw maps?"

The extraterritorial areas that Queen Pasade has drawn, mountains, rivers, jungles, deserts, grasslands, towns... are all clear and distinct, and they are indeed not things that ordinary orchids or Hu merchants can draw.

After hearing what old Meng Wu said, Ying Zheng couldn't help showing doubts.

He got a nautical map in Baiyue, and knew that there are vast and rich places in the west. After returning from the southern tour, he also saw the business routes outside the region, which brought prosperity to Guanzhong.

At that time, he had already thought about it and ordered people to collect information from outside the territory from Hu Shang.

But the collected information is too fragmented, and after being integrated, there will be contradictions, which are far less accurate than Queen Pasode's drawing...

At least, it looks quite accurate!
"Your Majesty...Old General Meng...She is not an ordinary Hu wife, but the queen of a small country outside the region. She fled to our Great Qin territory for refuge only because her country was destroyed by her neighbors."

Qin Mo smiled and explained for the two of them.

Ying Zheng was even more puzzled. He looked at Queen Pasade with disdain and said, "Does the king of a small country outside the region have such insight that he can draw such a large geography outside the region?"

Judging from the extraterritorial information he collected, there are indeed many small countries outside the region.

In particular, there are so many small countries outside the region adjacent to the Qin Mohe West Country that it seems like a joke, if you occupy a small town, you dare to call yourself a king.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes entrusted by Zhou Tianzi were worth a lot!

"My grandfather was Alexander III, the founder of the Macedonian Dynasty, the conqueror of the Western and Eastern worlds..."

"The territory and population of the Macedonian Dynasty were several times that of our Qin State... There are as many knowledgeable scholars as there are stars in the sky..."

"As a descendant of Alexander III, the knowledge I have learned since childhood is more extensive than all of you~!"

Queen Pasade finally understood Ying Zheng's words, and was even more stimulated by the disdain on Ying Zheng's face. She suddenly got up from the silk cloth, raised her head proudly and said a lot.

Ying Zheng also couldn't comprehend her strange words, but only half understood them.

However, Ying Zheng understood the haughty attitude of this barbarian woman looking at people with her nostrils, and couldn't help frowning!
choke--

Qin Mo supported the scabbard with his hand, and gently pushed the sword frame with his thumb, and the steel blade jumped out three inches, as if a cold light shot out.

Queen Pasode's body trembled, her high head gradually drooped, her stagnant back gradually bent, she followed Chinese etiquette in a regular manner, and bowed with both hands: "My little king, Pasade Alexander V, pays homage to the great His Majesty the First Emperor~!"

Now she already knows Qin Mo's status as the prime minister, and also knows Fusu's status as the crown prince.

At this moment, Qin Mo and Fu Su were all clustered beside Ying Zheng, so she knew Ying Zheng's identity without even guessing.

"..."

Ying Zheng frowned, but he didn't bother to pay attention to this defeated queen who was strong on the outside, but asked Qin Mo, "What did she just say?"

"I seem to have heard that the population and territory of the Ma Dynasty are several times that of the Great Qin Dynasty?"

Several times the land and population of Great Qin.

It's too exaggerated!

Qin Mo shook his head and explained: "Your Majesty, don't listen to her nonsense. The minister and His Highness the Crown Prince have also been bluffed by her followers, but it's not that exaggerated at all."

"She and her entourage have always thought that Guanzhong Internal History, Longxi County, Beidi County, Shang County, plus several feudal states outside the Northwest Great Wall, are all the territory and population of Great Qin."

"That's why she dared to say that the territory and population of the Macedonian Dynasty are several times that of the Great Qin Dynasty!"

Ying Zheng and old Meng Wu suddenly realized, and looked at Queen Pasade, who had completely lost her arrogance, with some amusement.

This melon woman is really ignorant and fearless, plus she brags that she doesn't have to pay taxes.

Dare to say anything big!
Yingzheng pondered for a moment, and then asked curiously: "What is the territory and population of the Macedonian Dynasty?"

Qin Mo replied without hesitation: "After understanding the hidden truth, I also calculated the territory and population of the Macedonian Dynasty."

"Its territory is roughly equivalent to the territory of the Great Qin Dynasty today, and most of it is an enclave. It is only occupied, but not governed. The ruling power is weak, and it is not even as strong as the imperial court's control over the feudal country outside the Great Wall."

"So that huge territory will soon be torn apart..."

"As for its population, it was probably around 2000 million at that time, only two quarters of the current population of Great Qin!"

Ying Zheng nodded as he listened, and sighed: "The founder of the Macedonian dynasty must be extraordinary to be able to open up such a large territory and population!"

Qin Mo shook his head again, and explained: "Your Majesty does not know that Macedonia is just like the original Qin State. It is just a country that lives in a corner, and its expansion cannot be achieved overnight."

"In the far west, there is an area called Greece. Just like our land of China, there are many countries fighting each other, and at the same time, the culture is also prosperous."

"Macedonia is a country of Greece. About a hundred years ago, a king who was capable of conquering and fighting appeared in Macedonia and unified Greece."

"Later that king's son, that is, Queen Pasade's grandfather Alexander III, after he succeeded to the throne, he integrated the power of Greece to launch the Eastern Expedition, and only then did the Macedonian Dynasty come into being."

"To be honest, he can't be regarded as a majestic king, but at most he can be regarded as a general who can fight well, or a conqueror with force. His prosperity is also sudden, and his death is also sudden. coming year……"

When Qin Mo said this, his expression became strange.

The Great Qin Empire and the Macedonian Dynasty are so similar, both are so powerful, and both are so short-lived.

But the difference is that the so-called Alexander the Great was just a war maniac who caught whoever he was.

Yingzheng, on the other hand, launched a series of political tactics. In the last ten years of his life, he forcibly kneaded the land of China, which had been disputed for hundreds of years, into one piece.

Although the prodigal Hu Hai could not be stopped later, the unified foundation he left behind was Fuze Huaxia for more than 2000 years.

The two have something to understand, but they are not comparable at all, the level difference is too much!

……

While the monarch and ministers were talking, Zhao Gao and the guards also called for breakfast.

Including Queen Pasade, as well as her little daughter Annie Wei, brought her breakfast.

Although the mother and daughter were confused and fearful about the future, they loved Daqin's food deeply. Each held an iron lunch box bigger than his head, and huddled in the corner of the camp to eat hungrily.

"The territory of the Seleucid Dynasty is not small. If the Great Qin hadn't incorporated Beyond the Great Wall and Baiyue into its territory, it would be about the same size as it."

Ying Zheng was grilling rice with an iron lunch box, while studying with Qin Mo and others around the incompletely drawn map.

Qin Mo nodded: "The Seleucid Dynasty is one of the countries split from the Macedonian Dynasty. It has the largest territory and the largest population among the split countries."

"Today's Seleucid Dynasty, although there are two rebellious sons, Anxi and Daxia, and lost part of its territory and population, it is still not to be underestimated. The population is about 800 million. The current king who has just succeeded to the throne is also A man of great talent!"

A sharp light flashed in Yingzheng Danfeng's eyes, he is the hero and I am the enemy.

Moreover, with a population of 800 million, only one-tenth of it needs to be returned, and the various infrastructures of Daqin can be regarded as settled...

Thinking this way in Ying Zheng's mind, his eyes quickly locked on a more familiar area, and he said hesitantly: "The place where the Maurya Dynasty is located is so close to Aiqing's Hexi Kingdom, but what about the Indian Peninsula?"

The nautical map he obtained in Baiyue contained the coastline of the Indian Peninsula, so he felt familiar.

"Well, exactly."

Qin Mo clapped his hands and explained: "The founder of the Mauryan Dynasty overthrew the Macedonian rule, and later conquered the vast territory that Macedonia had never conquered. It has been a hundred years since he established himself as king."

"Because of the location, the climate is warm and the products are abundant, the population in its heyday was larger than that of Daqin today."

"but……"

Qin Mo paused at this point, looked at Queen Pasade, who was eating sullenly in the corner of the tent, and said, "But, according to Queen Pasade, the current Maurya Dynasty is already at sunset."

"The king's inability to control the army has led to the division of warlords. Maybe one day, it will be divided into many small countries like the Macedonian dynasty!"

Listening to his explanation, Ying Zheng couldn't help feeling hot, and he secretly looked at Fu Su and Lao Meng Wu.

The Seleucid Dynasty, Anxi, and Bactria can be put aside for a while.

This Maurya Dynasty is an out-and-out soft persimmon.

The key products are abundant, the available population is larger, and it is closer to Daqin. It is a treasure land given by heaven.

"If we send [-] troops from the Hexi Kingdom, how long will it take to reach the territory of the Maurya Dynasty?" Yingzheng stopped eating, and Danfeng asked with bright eyes.

Qin Mo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The Hexi Kingdom of the Maurya Dynasty and my ministers only look close, but in fact there are plateau mountains in the middle, so it is not easy to pass through."

"The best way for Daqin to go to the Peacock Dynasty is to start from Xiang County or Guilin County by sea. It is not only fast but also convenient!"

Snapped--

These words tickled Ying Zheng's itch even more, and he clapped his hands hard, saying: "That's right, one boat by sea can bring back thousands, and even thousands of them can be used as hard labor."

In the corner of the camp, Queen Pasade and her daughter Annie raised their heads from the lunch box and glanced at each other quietly, seeing fear in each other's eyes.

This Great Qin Shihuang and his predecessor Alexander III are not in the same way at all.

Every time the ancestor Alexander conquered a place, as long as the other party was willing to surrender, then he could hello me, hello everyone.

And this Great Qin Shihuang, inside and outside the words, seems to not treat the people of other countries as human beings.

This point, they had already seen this when they followed the caravan and walked in the territory of Qin State. There are foreign hard laborers who build bridges, pave roads and build water conservancy everywhere, living like cattle and horses.

Queen Pasade cast her eyes on the silk map, and she couldn't help showing a look of sadness.

If this map is complete, the people of Seleucus and Anxi Daxia, and even the people of the entire Western world, may not escape the fate of slavery...

……

……

After breakfast, Ying Zheng didn't delay any longer, so he planned to return to Xianyang.

He needs to return to Xianyang before the officials, so as not to be discovered by the treacherous and cunning officials.

And Qin Mo and the martial arts students also had to leave camp for the return trip.

When they came, they marched with infantry, and when they returned, they marched with cavalry.

Yes, you can go on the same road with Ying Zheng!
Qin Mo went to the guards stationed in Didao County, borrowed a thousand horses and enough grain, and led his martial arts students to protect Ying Zheng and set off for Xianyang.

A full cavalry team with two horses and only one carriage will hardly drag the march.

Therefore, a hundred miles a day is not enough to describe the speed of the martial arts students!

Moreover, Qin Mo and Lao Mengwu, in order to force the limit of the cavalry's marching speed, let the martial arts students ride alternately on two horses. When the horses were tired, they dismounted and ran forward. When the horses recovered, they continued to ride alternately. ...

In such a high-intensity march, Ying Zheng, the escort of the martial arts students, easily overtook the officials.

And threw off a large part of the officials, and returned to Xianyang City early!
"Congratulations to Your Majesty..."

Outside Xianyang Palace, Qin Mo, Fu Su, Lao Meng Wu, and five hundred martial arts students bowed their hands to see Ying Zheng off, and watched him disappear into the depths of the palace gate surrounded by Zhao Gao and the imperial guards.

Qin Mo took the lead to accept the courtesy, got on the horse and said, "The practice is over, take the corridor, go back to Shanglin Garden, and summarize the gains and losses and theories of the practice tonight."

"Here."

All the martial arts students responded in unison and got on their horses.

Qin Mo turned his horse's head and wanted to lead the team towards the entrance of the tunnel, but before the horses started moving, he was suddenly taken aback, looking at the two aliens in the middle of the martial arts student team.

The so-called two aliens are naturally Queen Pasode and her little daughter Anneve!
"Why didn't His Majesty bring the two of them back to the palace?"

Qin Mo turned his head to look at Fusu, and asked somewhat bewilderedly.

Fusu's face darkened: "Qin Prime Minister, don't be joking, do you want to present a beauty and be a minister who is lucky to be close?"

Qin Mo couldn't laugh or cry immediately: "His Royal Highness has misunderstood, what I mean is that it is most appropriate to place the two of them in the palace."

No matter how you say it, Ying Zheng is still his future father-in-law, and he will definitely not be able to give the future father-in-law a concubine.

If Yuan Man knew, he might fight him desperately!

And it's not easy to face the mother-in-law in the future!
"I think Qin Xiangxin's house is well built, and it's more than enough to place it in your place."

Fusu's face softened slightly, and he turned his finger to point to the villa road next to the academy.

Qin Mo: "..."

I don't give your father a concubine.

But your uncle is making things difficult for you, aren't you afraid that Yuan Man will settle accounts with you?

(End of this chapter)